Installing Recessed Lights As the days get shorter, many people are craving the loss of light. Installing recessed lights, especially because LED’s make them appear brighter, are gaining popularity once again. If there’s a light in the ceiling, this is a project that lends itself to DIY: Do It Yourself. Simple enough that you don’t …
Santa Rosa Electrician: One of Five Tips to Cool Your House for the Summer First, a disclaimer: Santa Rosa electrician APG Electric & Solar Co. doesn’t install these things but recommend them all the time to our customers. It’s a reasonably-priced way to make your house more comfortable. We like to help our customers make …
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Homeowners looking for a way to cool their house during the summer months might do well to consider a QuietCool whole house fan. It can be used in conjunction with Air Conditioning systems and is supposed to cut AC costs. We just installed one in an attic with a two-speed switch for a customer and …
T8/T12 Fluorescent Fixtures: Time to Go Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps are getting popular, more diverse and cheaper. Time to think more seriously about them especially for fluorescent fixtures: LED Fluorescent Bypass lamps. There’s a lot to hate about fluorescents: the ballasts go out; the ballasts hum; it’s hard to change the bulbs and hard …
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All attic fans are not created equal. Some vent out of the side of your attic (not so great). Some are mounted on the deck of your roof. (I’m not writing about “whole house fans” which are, usually, mounted in a hallway and pull air out of the house and fresh / cool air in …
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Electric for Hot Tubs We get a few calls about installing a 40Amp circuit for a hot tub so I thought it would be a good idea to talk about the cost of electric for hot tubs.
As the weather starts to warm up, homeowners think about how to keep things cool. One easy choice (a lot of people think) is to install a ceiling fan.
