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Electrical Outlet Types
Types of Electrical Outlets In the Home The average North American home has over 75 electrical outlets and various types of outlets in use. A myriad of different types of electrical outlets are available, including 2-prong, 3-prong, GFCI, USB, AFCI, FBI, and CIA. (Okay, okay. We definitely made those last two up. Big Brother is…
Why Do I Hear an Electrical Buzzing Sound?
Do you hear an intermittent low-grade humming or electrical buzzing sound in your house? Are your electrical appliances emitting strange noises? Do your walls seem to be buzzing at you? No, you’re not going mad and most likely you don’t have hornets setting up home in your walls/sockets/ceiling fan. You could most likely have an electrical…
How Come My GFCI Outlet Won’t Reset?
GFCI outlets help make the home a lot safer but when a GFCI outlet won’t reset, what can you do? We use electrical outlets every day but when they don’t work it can be really inconvenient. When older outlets stop working, it could be a sign of potential danger, possibly even a fire hazard. Always…
How to Extinguish an Electrical Fire
Do you know how to put out an electrical fire? Are you unsure what, exactly, constitutes an electrical fire? The answers to both these questions are crucial to the safety of your home and family. Fortunately, we have those answers for you below, as well as how to prevent electrical fires altogether. Knowing if the…
Are Window AC Units Effective?
Most likely, many of us are thinking about a window AC unit as we inch towards summer and remember 2021’s heat dome. Window air conditioners have since gained in popularity – they are a quicker, easier, and more affordable fix to sweaty summer nights than installing central air conditioning. The question remains, however, are window…
How to Read an Electric Meter
BC Hydro used to have live “meter readers,” employees who visited more than 1.9 million customers to take an electric meter reading. Now that BC Hydro has fully transitioned all customers over to “Smart Meters,” in-person electric meter readings are no longer necessary. However, do you know how to read an electric meter? In this…
Why Are My Lights Flickering?
Almost everyone at some point in their lives will wonder, “Why do lights flicker?” Do you have flickering lights in your house? Perhaps it started with just one light flickering slightly, randomly, and was hardly noticed. But you may find more and more lights flickering in your house as time goes by.
Circuit Breaker Keeps Tripping – What Do You Do?
One of the most common frustrations homeowners face is when the circuit breaker keeps tripping. Sometimes it can be really tough to find the source of the problem. If you are struggling with this dilemma, check out this guide to learn more about what causes a tripped breaker and how to remedy the situation.
Do Light Switches Go Bad?
Yes, changing a light switch is necessary because sometimes light switches do go bad. Light switches are a staple in every home to turn lights on or off. Given how vital light switches are and how often you use them, they can wear out over time. Unfortunately, most of us take them for granted.
What Is a CFL Bulb?
What are compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL bulbs) and why you might not want to use them anymore. It doesn’t seem like it was that long ago when everyone started switching the lights in their homes over from incandescent to CFL light bulbs. But, like a lot of other things in our modern world, things…
2 Prong Plug Replacement – Facts, Advice
In North America, the ungrounded 2 prong plug was being replaced by grounded 3 prong outlets as early as the 1960s. Two prong outlets had been the standard since the early 1900s, but they are simply not up to code for our modern electrical demands. Modern day appliances and the electronic devices we use need…
Where to Place a Carbon Monoxide Detector
Have you given any thought to installing carbon monoxide detectors and/or carbon monoxide detector placement in your home? Twice a year, when the clocks change over, many of us go around the house and switch out all the batteries in all our smoke detectors. Right? It’s a lesson that maybe your dad taught you all…