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Ring In The New Year With Home Improvements

Ring In The New Year With Home Improvements Image courtesy of Pixabay Many of us decide to make New Year’s resolutions to get fit and eat healthy. It’s also a terrific time to look around your house and commit to making some improvements. With a little inspiration and elbow grease, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much you can accomplish this year. Front door. Brighten your home’s curb appeal with a fresh coat of paint at the entry door. Some […]

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How To Properly Account For Electrical Safety In Your Home Safety Plans

It is important to account for all aspects of home safety when you are outlining a home safety plan. Many homeowners forget just how much accounting for electrical safety helps keep them protected. In the sections below, I will discuss how homeowners can properly account for electrical safety in their home safety plans. Areas To Pay Attention To Home safety plans are meant to cater to every potential threat. Ideally, a home safety plan should help homeowners cover their bases […]

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Electrical Holiday Safety Tips

Holidays are quickly approaching, and with that comes the tradition of decorating ones home. Holidays are a time for family and friends, not the time to worry. We will be discussing some Electrical Holiday Safety Tips to ensure the holidays are nothing but happy. Be sure to check out our Winter Electrical Safety Tips to learn some safety tips for the winter season. Electrical Holiday Safety Tips   Safety Tip #1   Do not overload electrical outlets. Overloading outlets could potentially cause […]

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Solar Panel Financing

We discussed Solar Electricity in a previous article which you can find here, in this article we will be discussing solar panel financing. A lot of companies allow for financing when switching to solar panels. We will discuss questions that you should be asking when inquiring about solar systems, what you need to know about financing which will include the pros and cons of solar panel financing. Questions To Ask: Solar Panel Financing   This is not an all inclusive list […]

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Winter Electrical Safety Tips

  Winter electrical safety tips that will keep your home and your family safe this winter. Did you know that more electrical equipment is purchased during winter than any other time of year. With the increased purchases of electrical equipment and cold weather the risk of an electrical fire starting increases. The risk of electrocutions increases and the risk of injuries increases. More home fires occur during the winter months and heating equipment is the second leading cause home fires in […]

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Facts About Residential Automatic Standby Generators

What are automatic standby generators?   Automatic standby generators are back-up electrical system that provides electrical power when your electrical provider cannot. Within seconds of an outage an automatic transfer switch will know the power has gone out, which will then automatically start and transfer the electrical load to the generator. The standby generator then begins supplying power to all circuits. The best part, this is all done automatically! Once the power returns the same transfer switch detects this and transfers the electrical […]

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The Rise of the Home Automation Industry

  It wasn’t so long ago that home automation technology was thought of as a fancy luxury that only high-level businesses and rich homeowners could enjoy.  The amount of work it took to install these early systems once caused plenty of headaches for electrical contractors, but this has now changed.  Home automation technology has become less of a hassle to install, making it more affordable and widespread. With these improvements, electrical contractors are seeing a significant benefit in acquiring home […]

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Window Tinting and Your Electrical Bill

How can Window Tinting Help you? In New Mexico there is an average of 278 days of sun. This includes 167 days of complete sun and 111 days of partial sun, window tinting has become increasingly popular in recent years because of the benefits. There are many benefits of window tinting for example cutting cooling costs, reducing heat and glare, and reducing the effects of harmful UV rays. Cut Cooling Costs Approximately half of utility costs come from loss of […]

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Solar Electricity

Everyone knows New Mexico has one of the highest number of days for sunshine, this makes New Mexico a great place to utilize solar electricity power. On average Albuquerque has 278 days with sunshine. This includes 167 days of complete sunshine and 111 days where it is partly cloudy. That accounts to about 76% of sunshine year round! Switching to solar electricity can help reduce the effects of global warming. Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions The electricity that we currently harness comes […]

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Electrical Experiment for Kids 3

We have been doing a series of electrical experiments for kids so be sure to check out our previous experiments, Static Electricity and Generating Electricity. These are intended to teach your child about electricity while having some fun in the process. Experiment 3 – Speaker What you will need for Electrical Experiment Eight feet (2.5 meters) or more of magnet wire that is 24-gauge or higher (thinner) Piece of sandpaper, a few inches (5–8 centimeters) square C- or D-cell battery (it can be […]

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