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Protect Your Home from Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Hazards
Every May, the United States observes National Electrical Safety Month—a time dedicated to raising awareness about electrical hazards and promoting safety measures to prevent accidents. In recent years, one particular...
Meet Sparky – Your Electrical Service Provider
Since 2000, Excel Electrical Technologies Inc., has been serving the Chicagoland area. Our love for what we do and whom we serve drives our unwavering commitment to excellence. We constantly...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How to Prepare for the Next Power Outage
Extreme weather across the US is becoming increasingly more common. If the upswing in activity has taught us anything, it’s the importance of being prepared should weather take center stage...
What You Need to Know About Pendant Lighting
Of all the interior lighting options available, pendant lights offer one of the best opportunities to make a statement while illuminating an area. Available in a wide range of sizes,...
How to Use Power Strips Safely
Once upon a time, being connected with someone meant keeping in touch by writing letters, attending family reunions, saying hello at the supermarket, or joining the same club. Not that...
Light Up Your Bathroom in Whole New Ways
The right bathroom lighting can add healthy doses of style and functionality, making your morning, nighttime, or anytime routine flow more smoothly. Whether you’re looking for bright task lighting, soothing...
Should You Be Concerned About Flickering Lights?
Flickering lights from faux or real candles can add instant ambience to any room, but flicking light bulbs? Not so much. Here are helpful tips for discerning whether your flickering...
Motion Sensor Night Lights – They Help You Sleep Better
If you have trouble sleeping and just aren’t getting enough of it, you’re in very good company. According to a study by the National Sleep Foundation, 45% of Americans say...
