If you have not dealt with an electrical service upgrade before you probably don’t know the costs, and that’s totally ok. We get lots of questions about what’s involved with an electrical panel and service upgrade and thought it would be useful to write up a guide. That’s quite a range in price so here […]
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So you’re trying to do some electrical work on your home like a renovation or adding an electric vehicle charger and all the sudden you’ve been told you need to do a load calculation or you’re talking to an electrician about the electrical load of your home service. So what is the calculation anyways and
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So you are considering doing a panel or service upgrade to your home and no doubt you don’t know anything about a service or panel upgrade, no surprise there’s not that much information out there on how this works. We thought it was a long complicated process and very convoluted and it would help to
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So you got a new EV car and need a charger installed at your house. But what is the difference between Level 1 EV charger vs level 2 EV chargers? How do you know what to buy and what will be the best investment long-term. What is a Level 1 EV charger? Level 1 EV
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We are in a wonderful time for EV car charger installations. Because of the government’s goals to reduce carbon emissions by getting more electric vehicles on the road we’re lucky enough to get great rebates on installing electric vehicle chargers in our homes. Here’s How To Get A EV Charger Rebate In 2022 (B.C.). This
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You need some work done on your home, there is some wiring that needs to be moved and changed and it’s just not your thing. First off, we are glad you have decided to leave it to a professional and in saying that we would like to help you choose the contractor you will have
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The main purpose of a tamper resistant outlet is to keep kids safe. Tamper resistant outlets have spring loaded blocks inside of them that prevent a child inserting an object into the outlet (like you probably did as a kid) and getting shocked. Tamper Resistant outlets have been required in homes since 2008 but just
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All these years the lights have been working perfectly fine in your home and then all the sudden it starts flickering for seemingly no reason at all. Why did my lights start flickering? What happened to make them do that? And how do I fix it? Diagnosing flickering lights is a common call we get
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What are GFCI outlets? GFCI Outlets were invented in 1971 and it was becoming common for them to get installed in residential homes around 1971. GFCI Outlets were created to make a safer electrical receptacle. A GFCI outlet monitors the electricity flowing through it and has sensing equipment that will shut off the power within
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The electrical service in your home is not likely something that you have ever needed or wanted to learn about. But due to the increasing amount of electrical equipment and devices being installed in homes it’s becoming a more common home upgrade. So how do I know if I need to upgrade my service? Everything
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