Category: Electrical & Lighting
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…