How the Right Lighting Enhances Home Safety
When it comes to creating a safe and secure home environment, we tend to focus on the usual suspects: installing and maintaining smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, keeping areas free...
How to Choose the Perfect Video Doorbell
Once upon a time, we left our doors unlocked and didn't hesitate to yell "come on in!" when someone knocked or rang the doorbell. For better or worse, those days...
Tips to Make Your Home More Secure
Your home is your sanctuary. It’s where you relax and unwind, celebrate occasions big and small, and where you rest your head at night. But did you know that a...
12 Electrical Safety Tips for the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! A time to decorate our homes inside and out, gather with family and friends, and enjoy all the beauty and wonder of...
How to Choose a Smoke Detector for Your Home
It’s that time of year again…time to “fall back” and enjoy an extra hour of sleep. This is also a great time to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors....
7 Signs You Need an Electrical Panel Upgrade
Your electrical panel houses the multiple circuit breakers that distribute power through your home. Much like any other system in your home, the electrical panel can begin to show signs...
Tips for Closing Your Inground Pool
All good things must come to an end…including summer pool season. As you squeeze out the last few dips in your inground pool, it’s time to start thinking about getting...
The Dangers of a Power Outage
From the lights that illuminate our homes at night to the appliances that allow us to store food, cook, and clean, nearly everything in our lives depends on a steady...
Save Money on Your Electrical Bills
Do an online search for ways to save money on your electric bill and no doubt you’ll find hundreds of tips. Use black-out curtains, turn lights off in unoccupied rooms,...
Summer Electrical Safety Tips
With summer right around the corner, chances are you’ll be spending more and more time outdoors gardening, doing yardwork, enjoying pool time, and having backyard barbeques. And whether you’re working...
Everything You Need to Know About GFCI Outlets
When it comes to electricity, safety is always a concern. When everything goes according to plan, electrical current runs safely through insulated wires to switches, wall outlets, appliances, and gadgets...
Why Are My Lights Flickering?
All you want to do after a busy day is unwind with a great book. But there’s a problem – the bulb in the lamp starts to flicker. Should you...
Holiday Lighting Safety Tips
For some, the holiday season starts right after Halloween, while others prefer to wait until the day after Thanksgiving (or even later) to bring out the decorations. One way to...
Common Lighting Mistakes to Avoid
A light is a light, right? Not exactly. Overhead lighting, sconces, pendants, track lighting – sure, they all provide light. But some are better suited for certain applications than others....
What to Consider Before Installing an EV Charger at Home
Switching from a traditional gas-powered car to an electric vehicle is one of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint and make a positive impact on the environment. But...