by Powertec Electric | Jun 6, 2019 | Electric Company, Electrical Power
Long-time readers of the blog will know about our obsession with Canada’s aging electric infrastructure. In many parts of Canada, the biggest boom in electricity occured in the 60s and 70s, but Winnipeg had it’s own electrical boom in the early 20th century, when we...
by Powertec Electric | May 30, 2019 | Electrical Safety
Recently, we ran an article on how landlords should think about their electrical. We wrote it because there’s a lot of things landlords need to know, from how their electrical can affect their insurance, to what they need to know about disagreements with tenants. We...
by Powertec Electric | May 20, 2019 | Electrical Power
There’s something incredibly idyllic about a cabin, out in the woods, isolated from the rest of the world. A chance to get out on pristine lakes and go fishing, a chance to hike through the wilderness. Why this image is so beautiful, it’s hard to say – perhaps...
by Powertec Electric | May 10, 2019 | Electrical Power
There’s a lot to love about being a landlord. You can leverage an asset you have for even more money; that’s a huge plus. You can provide stable housing for your neighbors or for newcomers to the community, creating a more stable, livable city; another big plus. You...
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...
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