Electrical & Lighting

How To Is Grid Tie Solar A Better Option For Your Home?

In the past 10 years more people have been installing solar on their homes. They live in a variety of locations from city to rural and its not just homes but its businesses that are installing Solar Power Systems. In some cases like rural homesteading the power grid might just not be available to your property and Solar is more of a necessity than an option. In other cases people want to reduce our …

How To Get Old Telephone Or Cable Lines Removed From Your House

Very often when someone is upgrading their data and communications at their home there are previously installed lines for other services that they no longer want connected to their home. Often this comes down to two categories. The first would be a long time hatred of the company whos line is attached to your home or the other might be that they just don’t like the messy look of these cables. Whatever …

How To Buy The Correct Generator For Your Home Or Camping

There are many reasons to get a generator for your home or camping and there are a large variety of types so it can get a bit confusing when you’re trying to make your purchase.

The first thing is what is your need.Your need can be found by adding up the power requirements of all of the things that you need to run simultaneously and then matching that to the normal running output of the …

How To Diagnose An Outside Outlet That Isn’t Working

In this howto there are procedures that will expose you to your home’s electrical system. If you have any doubts about your ability to work with home electrical systems then you should call a professional electrician.

A Friend is asking about a couple outside outlets that aren’t functioning and they have checked a few things but haven’t been able to find out why the outlets aren’t working or what they might need to repair.

The first …

How To Making The Biggest Changes With Small Projects Around Your Home

Whether you just moved into your new home or have lived there for years there are always going to be projects that you need to take care of. Some of these projects might leave you feeling you spent a lot of money for no real benefit but others are simple things you can do that make big differences in your life.
Adding Storm Doors
Storm Doors are a great project for your home. They range in …

How To Deal With Knob And Tube Wiring In Your Home

It is 2018 as I am writing this and I still get an unimaginable number of people requesting help with Knob and Tube wiring in their homes. I find this totally unacceptable because this type of electrical wiring has not been installed in homes since the 1950’s at the latest but normal installs ended as far back as the 1930’s. This is basically technology from the 1800’s that was only used in later years …

How To Plan For A Connected Grid Solar House Install

Many people are interested in solar for their homes and some people want to be able to sell electricity back to the electric company to offset the cost of the install. Unfortunately costs of solar in residential projects is still pretty high. The payback can be decades and about the time that you are coming close to breaking even so you have free electric for your home you find that the solar panels …

How To Using Electric Car Batteries To Power Your Home

With the advancements in car batteries for electric cars manufacturers are now building systems that when charged with solar panels and wind power can be used to power your home at night. Already Australia is installing these systems that are tied back into the grid and can be used during peak power usage in the community and also to power homes at night.

The cost is not something the average home owner can afford without …

How To Replace Your Garage Lights With LED Lights

If you are considering upgrading your Garage Lighting with LED Bulbs there are some things you should keep in mind before you start. Although LED Bulbs do use less energy than regular incandescent lights the savings they provide over florescent shop lights is not quite as much.

If you are simply replacing ceiling bulbs that are incandescent or florescent with LED screw in Bulbs then you are ready to go. Just install them and they …

How To Select the right Fire and Smoke Detectors for Your Home

Every home should have smoke detectors and local home building regulations will suggest the locations and types but the selection can get a bit confusing.

In this How To we will look at some of your options however the information you read here should not be used on its own to make your final selection. You MUST use other sources of information when making your final choice about which devices are best for your specific application. …