Electrical

Kids Who Scamper In Pampers Shouldn't Tamper Kids love to explore, and that’s a good thing--it’s basically their job to learn, after all. Unfortunately, all that curiosity occasionally gets kids in trouble. They do something dangerous like playing with electrical outlets and they get hurt. Around

Two Prongs Don't Make A Right It's time to replace your two-prong outlets with three-prong outlets. Two-prong outlets are unsafe and outdated. So outdated, in fact, that since 1962 building code has stated that all new houses must install three-prong outlets. Three-prong outlets protect your home

Put Another Log On The Fire That’s more than a line from a clever song with lyrics by Shel Silverstein. Come on baby you can fill my pipe and then go fetch my slippers And boil me up another pot of tea Then put another log on the fire babe And come and tell me why you're leaving me Aren't

Fix the Thermostat, STAT! If you've ever watched one of those doctor shows, you’ve probably heard the phrase "Dr. So-And-So needed in ER--STAT!" STAT means the good doctor is needed immediately. And if your thermostat doesn't work, you want it fixed immediately. You learned a little about

Your Electrical System Is Complex Your electrical system doesn't have a complex, but with all those wires and components, it is complex. That doesn’t mean you can’t hope to get to know or even understand it, however. We’re going to do our best to break things down as simply as possible. In part

Did Ben Franklin "discover" electricity? No. Want to elaborate on that a little? Okay, fine. Scientists were working with electrical forces for over a thousand years before Benjamin Franklin supposedly flew his famous kite. What Franklin’s experiment did demonstrate was the connection between

My in-floor heater is not working! Walking on a cold floor with bare feet should be banned as a cruel and unusual punishment by the Geneva Conventions. Fortunately, fixing a broken in-floor heater is possible. As always, let's back up a bit for a little background information. When it comes to

Yes, this is part 2. (Here’s part 1, in case you missed it!) There are so many ways for you to reduce energy use, we just couldn't fit them all into one blog. The first blog was about electricity, so are you going to write about other kinds of energy use? Is your name Claire Voyant? This one is

How can I use less energy? You could take more naps. Oh, you mean how can you use less electricity? Got you covered: there are a lot of ways to reduce the amount of energy you use. One note before we start. With every one of these tips, you don't need a professional electrician. But you do

Timely question. Today, electric vehicles are less like something from The Jetsons and more like just another car. Evidence? The U.S. had 1,972 public charging stations in 2011. We have over 16,500 in 2017 and more are coming. If electric vehicles are the future, the future is here. While there