11 Shocking Home Electrical Safety Tips
Sparks fly, a couch burns and the rest of us get some critical lessons in dealing with circuit breakers and electrical fires. Source: 11 Shocking Home Electrical Safety Tips ……
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1960’s Gig Harbor Architectural Home Remodel
We recently completed a medium sized project in Gig Harbor. It included a 100Amp Sub panel that we hid in the closet of a new office. The office area was…
Read More »Everything you ever wanted to know about copper clad aluminum wiring and its history
IAEI Magazine’s Peter Graser has a great write up: https://iaeimagazine.org/magazine/2016/11/10/copper-clad-aluminum-building-wire-for-use-in-residential-branch-circuit-wiring/ Copper Clad Aluminum Building Wire for Use in Residential Branch Circuit Wiring By Peter Graser – November 10, 2016 Passing…
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Pudget Sound Energy’s Electric Safety Tips
Electric safety tips Know where your home’s circuit panel is and how to turn off your breakers and main switch. Never use an oven to heat your home. If using…
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Home Safety: Electrical Safety According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Electrical Safety Foundation, every year incidents involving electrical equipment, such as extension cords, receptacles, and…
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Home Electrical Safety In today’s world, families live life on the go. With all the running around, we often put household projects on the back burner. One project that should…
Read More »ESFI: Your Home Electrical System
Your Home Electrical System According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), electrical failures or malfunctions were factors in an estimated 43,700 home fires in 2011. These fires caused 430…
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AFCI Breakers Prevent Fires, Increase Home Safety
Are arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs) worth the cost? Short answer: Absolutely. When Wade Anderson awoke one day to find no electricity in his Sherwood, Oregon, bedroom, he traced it to a…
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7 Electrical Safety Tips Homeowners Should Know
Learn how to identify the electrical safety hazards you can’t see before problems arise. I often wonder what they would have thought of microwaves, entertainment centers, dishwashers and the armies…
Read More »4 Outdated and Unsafe Electrical Panels That Could be Hiding in Your Home
If you own an older home (built before 1990), you might have one of these outdated main electric panels/boxes hiding in your home. And these outdated panels don’t just make…
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