Posted Jan 2020
Don’t Swim With the Current
A few years ago, I received two phone calls regarding voltage gradients in swimming pools at existing homes in North Carolina. The pools had supposedly been installed using 680.26(A) and...
Residential
Posted Dec 2019
More Homeowners Considering Residential Solar Panels
According to a Dec. 17 report from the Pew Research Center, an increasing number of U.S. homeowners are contemplating the installation of residential solar panels. The report is based on...
Posted Dec 2019
Ice, Washing Machines and a Phone
Recently, my refrigerator stopped making ice. The manufacturer told me to get close to the fridge with my cellphone so he could connect electronically to troubleshoot. If you had told...
Posted Nov 2019
Insulate Against Fire
As a home ages, an owner can take many steps to make it more energy-efficient and lower heating and cooling bills. Adding a UV-light glass coating to windows will keep...
Posted Sep 2019
Ghosts and Problems
As an electrical contractor in the 1970s and 1980s, I received intriguing phone calls from homeowners and commercial customers with strange electrical problems. I could troubleshoot some of these issues...
