Electrical Industry Articles and Stories

It took a while, but people finally understand that watts don’t measure visible light output.

Lumens do.

Watts has to do with energy consumption, not light output. Getting some folks to understand that was a tough nut to crack, and I’m guessing some still don’t have a handle on it.

Rooftop solar panels, once a bit of an oddity, are becoming a common addition to homes across the United States. In 2020, the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s residential energy consumption survey found that almost 4% of U.S. single-family homes were using panels to generate electricity and the market has continued to grow since then, with capacity climbing by 34% in 2021 and an additional 40% in 2022.

A decade ago, LED lighting was still fighting for acceptance among designers, contractors and consumers. Early product generations suffered from quality control problems, flickering and light that was too far into the blue end of the visual spectrum.

There it is again! That cat’s chasing rabbits in my garden again tonight. I knew something was tearing things up in there at night, so I installed a set of solar powered floods on the top of the gate.

Electrical installations require an understanding of various components, chief among them being electrical conduits and the tools used to shape them. This article aims to shed light on the different types of rigid electrical conduit and the appropriate bending tools required for each.

I became aware of the importance of hard hats as a teenager, when friends invited me to join their school’s caving club. It was a Catholic school, and one of the religious brothers who taught there would lead club members through mapped caves once or twice a month.