Electrical checklist for winter | Local electrician
With winter approaching, there is a lot homeowners can do to help prepare their homes for the cold season. As you make your list, it’s important to base your home’s electrical system on it. Making sure your home’s electrical system is ready for the colder months is crucial. With over 95 years of experience, the […]
Pioneer CTC adds welding and electrical laboratories with $6.6 million grant
MANSFIELD — The Pioneer Career and Technology Center will expand its welding program and add a new field of study thanks to a new $6.6 million grant. Pioneer was recently selected as a recipient of the state’s Career Tech Construction Program grant, which is designed to help expand career technology education and training facilities. Of […]
Electrical contractors in Western Australia are shocked by new law that they say favors big contractors and unions Washington
(The Center Square) – Legislation was passed this session and signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee aimed at increasing the number of electricians in Washington state. However, some small electrical contractors see the new law as hurting their business. Senate Bill 5320 would require applicants for a flight-level electrician certification to have completed an […]
“Electrifying everything” may require improved electrical service
Sign up to receive daily news updates from CleanTechnica via email. Or follow us on Google News! At the dawn of time, when I was a child and dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, my family’s home had a fuse box in the basement with four 15-amp circuits. If a fuse blew and there were no […]
Homeowner’s Guide to Smart Electrical Panels
Service panels are the control center for our home electrical systems. Their design hasn’t changed much since resettable circuit breakers replaced fuses in the mid-20th century… until now. The service panel of the future is digital, and promises to revolutionize the home electrical system. The change is necessary because of the electrification of homes, a […]
What You Need to Know When Choosing a Smart Electrical Panel – Stacey on the Internet of Things
On a recent episode of the IoT podcast, we received a voicemail from Shane on the podcast hotline. Shane has his electrical panel replaced and is considering a smart panel. He notes that we’ve recommended the Sense home energy monitoring solution in the past. However, he’s concerned that Sense, as a small company, may not […]
electrification? You may not need to upgrade the electrical panel
The growing number of homeowners seeking to ditch gas and oil and electrify their old homes is drawing new interest to electrical panels. These often-forgotten metal boxes tucked into the wall of a garage, basement, or other out-of-the-way space constitute a nationwide electrical choke point. Will you need a complete electrical panel upgrade to meet […]
New tools and techniques to prepare your electrical panel for…
This is the second article in a two-part series on home electrification. Read the first article. Barry Cinnamon, a longtime Silicon Valley solar entrepreneur CEO Rafael Rafael, founder of Cinnamon Energy Systems, is a big proponent of all-electric homes. He’s investing in converting his home’s heating and cooking—and the car he drives—to electricity provided by […]
Smart electrical panel review: basic upgrade for your solar energy
Again, SPAN provides detailed information about all of this, so I know the amount of juice that the Games and Xbox computer (14 kWh every week) has, and whether our washing machine and our new dryer is more efficient than the old writer who replaced it (no). And while you can run the circuits and […]
Product Recall: Southwire is recalling electrical outlet boxes
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled nearly 3,000 sets of Garvin pop-up electrical outlet ground boxes. The reason behind all three reports was that these outlet boxes overheated, which could create a fire risk. Garvin pop-up electrical outlet floor box kits, with a stainless steel or brushed brass finish, contain two electrical outlets […]