Little bit of progress on the to do list:
I've had a backlog of light switch conversions so the organizer full of wire termination items came out
Not everything is getting swapped, but stuff that at times gets left on, switches that voice control would be nice, things that I'd like paired together and able to do routines/programs for etc all on the list to get updated. I'm using the Kasa/TP-link switches, they seem cost effective and have done all that I've wanted/needed. At some point I would like to get deeper into home automation...but with the list of stuff I'd like to do that is ahead of them it's probably not happening for awhile
One of the messier boxes...most are just double gang but this was a triple with a dimmer and (2) single pole switches. When reasonable I choose Wago over wirenuts
Also taking the time to write breaker numbers on the backs of all outlet covers I remove to save "Future Logan" some work....hopefully. Bathroom vent fan switches also getting replaced with the pre-programmed timer switches, and of course then the scope creep of adjacent/nearby older toggle switches going to Decora style...
The new Vessel powered scewdriver has been incredibly handy and a big time saver. With a straight bit chucked in and as long as the installer of the outlets wasn't a gorilla I can do everything in the typical box with it. Picked up from the one and only Harry J Epstein's....would definitely recommend for anyone doing similar work. My first time using the Vessel ball grips and I must say I really like them....a set of Vessel ball grips got added to the Xmas list.
Most of the switches so far have been backstabbed....yuck.
4 more sets of 3-way's just got dropped on the porch so that's probably tonight's project
In more garage related stuff....another year I was too cheap(dumb) to pay the 100 bucks for a sprinkler company to blow out the sprinklers so I did it.
And got the truck into the garage for an oil change as I've got a roughly 400 mile road trip tentative for Friday and oil life monitor was down in the single digits. While I had it in went ahead and did cabin air filter as well
I don't keep as good of records on it as I should....but it's at 103k miles right now and with as little as I drive it these days I'm honestly surprised it got 23k miles in 3.5 years. It's on the annual oil change plan now, but does need a new set of tires before the snow comes so I need to make some calls on that tomorrow.
Tires on it now are Continental TerrainContact 265/65/R18 and were installed in Dec 2016 at 53k miles. Looks like they were 237/each back then plus the various fees and the local shop has that same tire for 232/each so that's cheaper then I was expecting. They've also got a set of General's for $150 less for the set of 4....will have to ruminate on that a bit as I doubt I own this truck long enough to wear out another set of tires....but who knows. That may get added to the Thursday list to get done as well. Still need to do a coolant change in it, plus clean the interior which seems like a wasted effort given it hauls around 2 humans in training but it's long overdue.