Click.
Darkness.
“Ok, where’s the flashlight?”
We’ve all had to deal with tripped circuit breakers. They’re annoying and happen at the worst times. As a licensed electrician, I’ve seen my fair share of breakers, tripped or otherwise.
Circuit breakers monitor the flow of electricity through a circuit. If it exceeds a preset amount, it opens the circuit to stop the current flow. They’re a vital piece of your home’s electrical system. Read More...
Life-Saving Tips to Keep in Mind When Using Generators With bad weather in the forecast, the possibility of a power outage looms large. Always inconvenient, it can be downright dangerous when it happens during a winter storm and the temperatures hit the deep freeze. You don’t want to be without power when you really need the heater working.
Emergency power generators can be real lifesavers. But inexperience and improper usage can also make generators extremely dangerous. Read More...
When I was a commercial electrician, I spent much of my time bending pipe and pulling metal-clad cable through cavernous ceiling expanses in hospitals, dorms and even a sports stadium. I had almost no experience with house wiring. I had put in a few light fixtures and even had a comically disastrous experience with wiring a ceiling fan.
But when it came to most residential work, I had no clue. Read More...
