by Powertec Electric | Apr 30, 2019 | Insurance
In 1666, there was an enormous fire in London that lasted for 6 days; it destroyed the homes of an estimated 70000 people. This fire is taken by many historians to be the start of modern day insurance policies; after losing so many homes, economists and planners in...
by Powertec Electric | Apr 20, 2019 | Electrical Power, Electricians, Hiring Electricians
In the 70s and 80s, there was a lot of investment into electrical infrastructure in Canada. New technologies were demanding higher electrical capacity in homes, and the growth of Canada’s large urban centres meant that demand was sure to remain high. The surge of...
by Powertec Electric | Apr 10, 2019 | Electrical Power, Electricians, Hiring Electricians
Whether you’re building a new commercial space or renovating an existing one, it’s important to consider how the space is going to be used, what you want to highlight and how people are going to get around. These considerations will inform the decisions that you make...
by Powertec Electric | Apr 3, 2019 | Electric Company
A brief primer before we get started! Amps, or “amperes” are a unit of measurement; they measure the amount of current running through a system. That means that a higher amp system can handle more electricity flowing through it. When you have too much current flowing...
by Powertec Electric | Mar 27, 2019 | Hiring Electricians
You definitely don’t want to install electrical systems in your own home if you don’t know what you’re doing. There can be house fires, there can be electrocution, there can be overloaded circuits; all in all, there can be a huge mess. That’s not to say you can’t do...
by Powertec Electric | Mar 20, 2019 | Electrical Power, Electrical Safety
Your home is your sanctuary, so safety should come first. Depending on when your home was built, you may have old electrical and wiring that needs to be upgraded, not just because it’s more energy efficient, but because it will make you and your family safer. Knob and...
by [email protected] | Mar 13, 2019 | Electrical Power, Electrical Safety
We like to talk about electricity on this blog; that’s no surprise, given the services we offer! We’ve offered a number of technical articles explaining what exactly short circuits are, so we won’t go into too much detail here; basically, when a circuit becomes...
by [email protected] | Mar 5, 2019 | Electrical Power
I’m writing this post in late February, after a vicious cold snap that came through Winnipeg has finally dissipated. The weather was awful for weeks, so cold that even outdoor sports lovers were probably bundled up inside, the temperature dipping into the below 40s...
by Powertec Electric | Feb 27, 2019 | Electrical Power
On our last post, we went over the different ways the international community measures wires. Here’s a brief summary: in North America, we use a gauge system, where the smaller the gauge, the bigger the wire. In most of the rest of the world, they measure the...
by Powertec Electric | Feb 27, 2019 | Electrical Power
I remember gaming as a kid, and hearing about NTSC and PAL standards; my NTSC console wouldn’t work in Europe, because they used PAL. That information never ended up being relevant to me, because by the time I had the ability to travel to Europe all the standards...
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