January 16th, 2012 by | Comments Off
The workshop gets some much needed power. Notice: I am not a certified electrician. As a handyman and carpenter I have been around a lot of electrical installations and know a considerable amount about it though. As a home owner in certain places you do have the right to do electrical installs yourself, HOWEVER you [...]
October 14th, 2011 by | Comments Off
How many times do we run into a situation where we need power but no outlets are there?..well fortunately not too often. This particular kitchen had never had a garbage disposal or dishwasher installed in it and wasn’t setup for either. First step was to get power setup for both. Locate the proper breaker, turn [...]
August 31st, 2011 by | Comments Off
This is a GE Powermark Gold 200 amp load center. The original box on the home was a 70 amp service, and the breakers are old and the entire outside service is rusted throughout. I will be replacing the entire box and breakers with the new GE and have the service company set a new [...]
July 4th, 2011 by | Comments Off
That tired ole floodlight hanging by the wires. Time to fix it! This particular floodlight had been installed to an outside electrical box and the screws stripped out and left it hanging by the wires. A new patio cover had been added to the house so it was only logical to move the floodlight up [...]
