Electrical Tips

Sometimes people use the wrong names for things related to electricity, like calling a new circuit breaker a fuse box. But are they really the same? No, they’re not! In homes, there are two kinds of things that help with electricity – fuse boxes and circuit breakers. Let’s look at the differences between them. What’s […]

No one in their right mind wants to be electrocuted. Currently in the United States, electrocution is the fourth leading cause of occupational fatality, and in all, about 60 people die each year from electrocutions associated with consumer products like small appliances, power tools and lighting equipment. For the most part, these senseless fatalities can […]

With the cold weather and snow gone, people typically begin to think a lot more about home improvement, especially outdoors in areas that are seldom noticed in the freezing temperatures. Studies show that people are also less likely to embark on indoor home improvement projects during the cold months due to factors like lack of […]

  The Power of Mother Nature You hear a lot of people grumble about how generators are a waste of money – about how nothing bad enough will ever happen to warrant having one installed. The fact of the matter is that as long as our power lines are aboveground and we’re living in volatile […]

Winter is right around the corner which means we can all gear up for cold weather and, of course, snow. Yes, that’s right, we all just can’t get enough of that snow, right? Our kids love snow days, sledding, making snowmen, and snowball fights. And some of us grown-ups do, too! There’s nothing like some […]