I THINK the bathroom rough wiring is done. Of course I won't know for sure until the inspector OKs it... and chances are he will find something wrong somewhere. But I can't see what it will be.
Last weekend (10 days ago, now), I did all the roughing in. Most of it is pretty straight forward. Drill holes in the middle of the studs... make bends in the wire not too sharp (10 times the diameter of the cable, per code).
Of course there were some small snags. I bought a 50-foot box of 10/3 cable (that is, three strands of 10-gauge wire plus ground) for the drier. But it turns out that about 52 feet of cable would have been better. I even moved the receptacle box one stud closer to the get an extra 16 inches on the other end. I think I will be OK; there is enough cable at the main panel to make the connection, but not any extra if don't trim the ends well the first time!
Installing that cable was also a pain. It is not very flexible. Also, I had cheaped out and not rented a right-angle drill. Since my electric drill and 5/8-inch auger bit are to big to fit between two studs, each hole is slightly angled. In retrospect I should have made the effort to straighten out the holes (by straightening the drill out as I drilled). It turns out I also should have paid more attention to drilling the wholes at the same height. The un-evenness is amateurish, made pulling the cable more difficult, and used up precious inches of cable!
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