Home Car-Charging Stations

One of the biggest trends predicted in the automotive industry over the next several years is the proliferation of electric cars. If you want to get ahead of this curve and get an electric car of your own, you’ll need a place to charge it. If you’d like the convenience of having your own car-charging station, we can help!

Whole-House Surge Protection

Power surges occur when a downed power line, bolt of lightning, or some other event causes a brief but dramatic spike in the amount of voltage your home is receiving. This can sometimes mean tens of thousands of volts, enough to damage appliances and circuit boards, even if the surge lasts for just a fraction of a second. Repeated small surges can cause damage too: overloading the capacitor, frying the circuit board, and wearing down the compressor are all potential consequences.  

Surges caused by lightning are the most dangerous, but fortunately are also rare because they can only happen if the lightning strike occurs nearby (within no more than a mile or so). If you experience a power surge, it’s more likely the result of a downed power line or a blown transformer. Sometimes, power surges can even be caused by the on and off cycling of one your home’s large appliances, such as your air conditioning or refrigerator. 

Power surge protection typically includes a whole-house suppressor and individual circuit suppressors to protect susceptible appliances and electronic devices. Both of these are like pressure-relief valves for electricity. When they detect unusually high voltage, they react by quickly redirecting the excess voltage to the ground wire. Once the surge is over, and voltage levels are normal again, they will allow the flow of electricity to resume.

Due to a recent change in the electrical code, surge protection is now required with generator installations, and is included in the price of a generator installation. It is also available as its own installation, independent from a generator installation.

Circuit Breakers for Appliances

Appliances and electrical devices that draw a lot of power will often require their own circuit path and circuit breaker, because they are sensitive to electrical fluctuations that may occur on a shared circuit. Kitchen amenities like electrical ranges and wall ovens, HVAC equipment including water heaters, furnaces, and air conditioning systems, as well as laundry room appliances like washers and dryers, are all examples of such appliances. Even computers, HD TVs, and other large electronics will sometimes require their own circuits. Hooking up one of these large appliances may not be as simple as simply taking it out of the box and plugging it in. Installing a designated circuit and circuit breaker may be necessary.

Lighting

When you think of your house’s electrical setup, maybe the first thing you picture in your mind is a light switch. Lighting comes standard with new home construction, but maybe your property needs some additional lighting. Here are some types of lighting we can install to brighten up your home:

Recessed Lighting

Recessed lighting goes by many other names, including can lights, pot lights, and high hat lights. Whatever you call them, they offer much better energy efficiency than regular light bulbs. They consist of recessed light housings (the part that is installed into the ceiling to hold the bulb) and the recessed lights trims (the exterior of the fixture, available in a variety of colors and styles to match your decor).

Track Lights

Lighting Ballasts

LED Lighting Conversions

Outdoor Landscape Lighting

Natural lighting is great, but sometimes it’s not enough if you want to enjoy your deck or patio after the sun has set. With landscape lighting, your summer get-together can continue all night if you want, without leaving you in the dark. Lighting can enhance the appeal, safety, and practicality of your porch, patio, deck, or yard. Whether you want bollard lights to brighten up a walkway or floodlights to highlight your garden, a landscape lighting installation can work wonders for your property’s overall appearance.

Ceiling Fans

The movement of air is crucial for your comfort, and ceiling fans are a feature that can improve the climate control of one or more of your rooms. Depending on which way it’s rotating, you can use a fan for either heating or cooling. Some ceiling fans are attached to lighting fixtures, further enhancing a room’s appearance. However, we do not install attic fans.

Hooking Up a New Appliance

Buying a new appliance isn’t always as simple as it seems. While some require hardly anything more from you than plugging them in, others require connections to gas lines or other installation steps that are beyond the average homeowner’s ability. If you need a new stove or oven, or a washer or dryer, make sure the installation gets done safely by hiring professionals to help with the hook-up. If needed, we can even install new circuits so that you can have the new appliance in your desired location.

Home Automation & Controls

• GE Z-Wave – Control lights and more from your mobile device
• Samsung Smart Home – Water leak detection, motion detection, and other solutions to help keep your home safe and secure
• Ring by Google – High-tech security with a smart doorbell
• Lutron Caseta Controls – Reduce wasted lighting and energy consumption with a smart dimming switch
• Philips Hue & Halo – Wireless lighting, including recessed lights and dimmers
• Nexia – Wi-fi garage door controllers, temperature sensors, light switches, and more