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  Circuit Breaker Signals

  Samuel Morse was born in 1791. Fifty years later, he invented dashes and dots that spanned continents, reached across oceans and communicated with ships at sea. Those doing electrical work need communication, too, to know what’s happening...

  • Posted July 27, 2014
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  GETTING ON TRACK WITH TRACK LIGHTING

  In the days before the electric light bulb, kerosene and gas fueled lanterns were the only source of artificial lighting. While these can’t compare to the effectiveness of today’s more modern electric lighting systems, their charm and...

  • Posted July 27, 2014
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  Don’t Overload Electrical Circuits

  If every time you turn on the air conditioner, your hair dryer and a lamp at the same time you blow a fuse or kick open a circuit breaker, you might have a far more serious problem...

  • Posted June 10, 2014
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  Electrical Stoppage

  Question Our home is 40 years old. In my bedroom bath we have a 4-way lamppost light fixture that holds 4 60w bulbs. I was blow-drying my hair using a 1,500-watt dryer and I heard a pop....

  • Posted March 5, 2014
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  Changing A Wall Receptacle

  Question I want to repair a cracked plug in my family room. Is there anything special that I should know before doing it. Our plugs have 2 slots and a round hole. Avery Answer Actually, electrical work...

  • Posted March 5, 2014
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  Air Conditioner Blowing Circuit

  Question Why can’t I keep my air conditioner running? The existing 110V cooler has worked without fail in the same plug for about 10 years. Now, when my wife turns the lamp on while it’s running, the...

  • Posted March 5, 2014
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  Converting to a Home Office

  Question We are considering converting one of our bedrooms to a home office. Will you discuss some of the relative merits in doing this and what some of the changes that we may need to make in...

  • Posted March 4, 2014
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  Home Automation and Wiring Your Home

  Home automation is exploding and apparently is here to stay. Want to switch your front porch lights on or off from your office computer or from a telephone in China? Want to check on the kids and...

  • Posted February 14, 2014
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  All My Fluorescents

  “All My Children” is a long-running TV hit that premiered on this day in 1970. Are your fluorescent tubes long-running, too? How long? Five years? Ten years? Fluorescent lights provide years of trouble-free service, but as do...

  • Posted January 30, 2014
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  Add a floor recepticle

  American Bandstand debuted in 1957, getting hip teenagers out on the dance floor. Today, homes with larger rooms than ever are getting homeowners out on the floor too…where they’re putting couches, chairs and lamps in the middle...

  • Posted January 30, 2014
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