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smoking outlet. When to consider rewiring a home

August 15, 2020

How to Tell When You Need to Rewire Your Home

Your home’s wiring will probably tell you when you need to seriously consider rewiring. If you have persistent, pervasive problems with your electricity throughout your home, rather than just in one room or another, then your whole wiring system may be struggling to keep up with your

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The weatherhead of a service mast

July 7, 2020

How Do Service Masts Get Damaged?

Service masts are usually damaged during storms. Storms can rip out the connection at the service point, disconnect the service entrance conductors from the service panel, or simply fry and mangle the wires at any point along the system. Generally, you’ll have to replace service mast components that

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Toggling off a circuit breaker on a circuit box

April 24, 2020

Are My Circuits Overloaded?

An electrical circuit overload happens when too much current passes through the electrical wires. This can happen if you have too many appliances on the same circuit or when there’s a power surge. Are lights in your home dimming? Are the outlets buzzing? You may have an overloaded

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Flickering lights

April 12, 2020

Why are the Lights in My House Flickering?

Flickering lights in your home can be a sign of an issue with the lights themselves or with the electrical system as a whole. They could happen because of  changes in voltage, loose connections, the wrong type of lightbulb, and more.  Just because the lights are flickering in your home doesn’t

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Hands taking home smoke detector apart with white ceiling background

March 10, 2020

Do I Need a New Smoke Alarm?

If your smoke alarm has been around for over 10 years, is overly sensitive, or continues to beep even after the batteries have been changed, it’s time to replace the device. Staying up to date with your smoke alarms is crucial in keeping your home safe.  When your smoke detector beeps, that

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Power pole in minnesota freezing over in winter

November 28, 2019

How Does Minnesota’s Winter Weather Cause Power Outages?

If you’ve lived through winter in Minnesota, you already know that cold weather can hurt nearly everything. In fact, you’ve probably been spending the last several weeks preparing for that weather. Winter is just as hard on our utility infrastructures and homes as it can be on us. Unfortunately,

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How to fix a broken circuit breaker

March 4, 2019

How to Fix a Broken Circuit Breaker

To start this blog about circuit breakers (and broken circuits), let's start in Borneo. Obviously. See, there's this ant in Borneo, the Colobopsis saundersi, that blows itself up whenever it’s seriously threatened. Seriously. Let's say there are a bunch of these ants, just hanging around the

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The Most Common Electrical Problems

February 14, 2019

The Most Common Electrical Problems

Just because these electrical problems are common doesn't mean you don't have to worry about them or get them fixed. Unfortunately, even common electrical problems can be expensive or even dangerous if they’re left alone. Here are some of the electrical problems pretty much everyone will have to

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