Recent Events, News, and Information for the Electrician World
Some people who are building a new house will plan everything right down to where they will put each chair, table and lamp. But very few of these conscientious people carry the planning through to the very last step – plugging the lamp or coffee maker into the wall. If they did, they would save quite a bit of frustration after they …
Electrician jokes are always current! And it takes a real bright spark to come up with these electrical jokes and puns. Your brain definitely has to be wired in a certain type of way to conductor a conversation using these jokes. Some of them are old, but some of them are current, and while we don’t want to plug them …
Take the lighting one step further When you check out the gallery above, you’ll notice the pools at night that make the biggest impact are those with additional lighting surrounding the pool, whether outdoor wall lights, post lights, garden lighting, fire pits, up-lights, down-lights and other outdoor lighting. This creates a nighttime oasis. Integrate all backyard lighting In some ways, …
Across the street from my Elementary school was a small farm with an electric fence surrounding the perimeter. During recess many of us kids would dare eachother to go and touch the fence. Of course my only exposure to electric fences at that time was from the move Jurassic Park. If you’ve seen the movie you can probably guess I …
It’s essential to keep the electrical system within your home safe and functional, but when something goes wrong, you want to work with an expert for a safe and effective solution. Choosing the right electrician can be an intimidating task. With so many electricians to choose from, it can be hard to work out which electrical contractor you should choose for your …
If you want a smart home without the steep price tag, remote control electrical outlets and smart plugs are a great start. Both are efficient ways to gain the benefits of home automation without the cost of transforming every item in your home into a smart device. Rather than purchase new smart appliances, transform the ones you already own into smart devices …
John Doe of Park City Utah says he likes to work in his basement woodworking shop, even trying his DIY skills on a few electrical additions … which, in hindsight, he realizes may have been a little ill-advised. “Over the years, I added new power and lighting with each woodworking machine, all on the same circuit,” Eventually, one machine lost power …
If you swapped out your incandescent bulbs for compact fluorescent bulbs several years ago, you know how much expense was involved up front to save money in electrical bills down the road. Now green energy experts are telling you to make another costly swap, this time from fluorescent to LED bulbs. But do LED light bulbs save you money? In …
The tamper-resistant receptacle (TRR). These devices deserve to be put on a pedestal, so to speak as they work every day to protect our future — those little bundles of joy who at times become intrigued by those tiny slots in walls that seem to demand the insertion of paper clips or just about any other object that may seem …
Your smoke detector is arguably the most essential safety fixture in your home. However, a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) report found that at least 5 million homes in the U.S. still don’t have smoke alarms. According to the NFPA, having a working smoke alarm cuts one’s chances of dying in a reported fire in half. But since most of …
