It is advisable to check the wirings of your home after prolonged use. Periodic checks to ensure that the wires are in good condition and all terminal connections are tight will prevent undue short circuit and electrical overloads. With a well maintained wiring installation in your home, you can save on your electrical bill as loose connections are the biggest culprit in an overloaded circuit. Check The Main Electrical Panel The main electrical panel is where all the circuits in the whole house starts. The main supply from your Power Company comes to this main electrical panel after passing through [...] Read more »
Using UV Or Ultra Violet Light Bulbs In Your Aquariums
UV or Ultraviolet lights are seldom or never used in a normal household unless you have some special purpose for it. Ultraviolet lights are commonly used as disinfectants and these lights can be harmful if one is overly exposed to it. Thus, ultraviolet lights are most commonly used in hospitals and laboratories. Natural UV light comes from the sun. Everyone knows that if you stay under the sun for long hours, you will get sunburned and in extreme cases, skin cancer. UV or Ultraviolet Lights In The House The common use of ultraviolet lights in a normal household can be [...] Read more »
Where To Check If Your Light Is Not Lighting Up
Follow this simple tips when your a light in your house does not light up when you flip on the light switch. The most obvious thing anyone would do is to replace the light bulb. Most of the time, this will take care of the problem, The most common cause is a fused light bulb, but what if even after replacing the bulb, the light still refuse to glow? The most important thing, when trouble shooting is to keep to your basic knowledge. Most of the time, the trouble could be the most basic problem. Do not over think and [...] Read more »
Install Christmas Lights Safely
Come every Christmas, most household will have hell of a time sorting out their Christmas lights that they have stashed away for the past one year. A common sense tip is when you dismantle your Christmas lights this year, do make sure you roll it up neatly so it does not get tangled up. Once a string of Christmas Lights gets all tangled, you will probably prefer tearing away your hair than to untangle the mess. As in all thing that rubs on electricity, make sure your old Christmas lights are in good condition before hanging them up. Check for [...] Read more »
Ways To Save Electrical Cost
With the econmy downturn that don’t seems to be ending real soon, practical cost saving solutions should be observed. As apposed to many things that when cut down or done away with may effect our lifestyle, cutting down on electrical cost can be done without any drastic change to our daily lives. However, the changes made will need some investments, but in the long run, you will save many times more that you have invested. There are a few areas which can be considered when it comes to cutting electrical cost. For a quick start, comes this Christmas when you [...] Read more »
Get All Your Light Fixtures And Switches Before Starting
The most frustrating moments a hard core DIY practitioner faces is the lack of materials when they are nearly done and the most common case is not something that is unexpected. Most of the time they discover that they missed out the most crucial part of their entire project until the last moment when all the shops have closed. When that happens, many projects are just left hanging there for weeks. It is not always that we find the time to do a project so before starting, make a detailed inventory of the things we need and get them all [...] Read more »
Terminating The Fan Regulator Wires
I guess lots of you still uses the old fashioned fan speed regulator like the one you see above. These speed regulators works with a copper coil as resistance to regulate the amount of current passing through to the fan. There is of course the speed dial ranging from 1 to 5 or sometimes 0 to 5 where 0 means it fan is switched off with no current passing through. 5 would mean all the current passes through offering no resistance at all. At speed level 5, the fan will be running at full speed. Anywhere in between 9 and [...] Read more »
Outdoor Lighting Wiring Diagram
Installing an outdoor light is a good practice especially if you have a wide compound where some areas can be really dark during the night. This can be a security issue. To install a outdoor light will involve some digging as the wires will have to be run underground and the light pole will have to be planted. Refer to the diagram below. As in installing any lighting circuit, there are always the live and the neutral wire coming from the source which can be the Mains Distribution panel of the switch and light nearest to the new circuit that [...] Read more »