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 […]

A peek inside a typical British residential energy panel

No matter what field you work in, it is interesting and useful to know how others do it. This is especially true for electrical distribution systems, where standards and practices vary from country to country and even between regions. This tour of a typical British residential electrical panel is a great example of the different […]