Why a photocell? Have you ever walked around your home during the late evening or middle of the night and wished you had some light? Just enough to reach the nearest light switch? Or maybe just to ...
Continue readingHow to Install an Electric Stove Plug
What Stove Plug Do I Use? So you just bought a new stove. And now you're really confused on what plug to install. Chances are your old stove was on a 40 amp breaker and you have no intentions on changing ...
Continue readingHow To Use A Multimeter
Using A Multimeter In this video, I show you the basic functions and how to test using a multimeter. It's not as hard as you might think. You don't have to spend a lot of money on a multimeter. One of ...
Continue readingHow to Install a Whole House Surge Protector
Installing a whole house surge protector (HEPD) is extremely easy. What is an HEPD? Well everyone nowadays knows what a surge protector is. Most of us have one connected to our computers and maybe our expensive TV's. But what about our other much ...
Continue readingAdding more or Relocating Recessed Lighting / High Hat Lights
It's just so easy to add another high hat to your existing recessed lighting. Lot's of times the builder just didn't add enough of these or was just trying to be cheap. Well lucky for you I decided to make ...
Continue readingHow to Add More Outlets to your Garage
Most garages only have one or two outlets at most. But let's be serious now. Why would a builder only install one outlet ?. Simple, because he's only doing what the minimum code requires. We have a choice here. We could ...
Continue readingElectrical Codes
Below is a list of PDF files of the NEC electrical code. I will be adding more of them as time goes on. If there is one you don't see please send me email what you're looking for and I'll ...
Continue readingWall Plate Covers
The different outlet cover plate sizes Did you know? Did you know that wall plate covers come in three different sizes? Well, they do. Three to be exact. You have your most common size 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" Preferred size plate is nominally ...
Continue readingInstalling a Whole House Fan
A whole fan can cool your house off on those summer days in a matter of minutes. Now if it's hotter outside of course you wouldn't want that hot air in just yet. A whole house fan would be needed once ...
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