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By Powertec Electric on February 13, 2019

For Christmas this year, I got a single smart light bulb. It’s quite a bit of fun; I can ask my Alexa to change the light’s colour from blue to pink, turn the light on or off, and even create a schedule for the lighting. That’s all pretty exciting, especially from a savings standpoint; I […]

The Dangers of Damaged and Exposed Wire

By Powertec Electric on February 6, 2019

MacBook chargers are incredibly expensive, so my partner decided she wouldn’t buy another one until she absolutely needed to. We watched as the charger became frayed, and the wiring became exposed; I told her it was a fire hazard, she told me she’d be extra careful. One day, she plugged it in, and she could […]

Power Outages in Manitoba

By Powertec Electric on January 30, 2019

I’m going to call power outages inconvenient, because the tenants of writing for a website that’s accessible by people of all ages include not using more...powerful words. We’re quite lucky in Winnipeg; we don’t face some of the more catastrophic weather events that tend to lead to wide scale power outages. Our infrastructure is relatively […]

Energy Security

By Powertec Electric on January 23, 2019

It goes without saying that energy is important, which is a funny phrase to use as a rhetorical flourish, because I’m going to tell you how important it is anyway. You’re reading this on a phone or computer right now, unless you printed it out (if so, thank you, you’re my biggest fan). Obviously, without […]

The 1973 Oil Crisis

By Powertec Electric on January 16, 2019

On our last blog post, we discussed energy security, and how much of what makes energy “secure” is the ability for citizens to purchase the energy source. Much energy, including electrical energy, is created by fossil fuel power plants, and a cutback in oil supply means the cost of electricity increases. Transportation that uses electrical […]

Energy Poverty

By Powertec Electric on January 9, 2019

Poverty is a vicious cycle; the poorer you are, the poorer you’ll tend to remain. There are a plethora of reasons for this, and all are worthy of discussion, but given our trade, we’d like to focus today on energy poverty. Energy poverty occurs when a person does not have access to affordable energy. We […]

The Problems With Knob and Tube Wiring

By Powertec Electric on January 2, 2019

Old houses are so beautiful! Wandering through the suburbs can feel really dull, almost eerie, because of how similar any two houses are; I remember going to a new friend’s house as a kid and realizing the layout of their house was almost exactly the same as mine; it’s weird knowing where the bedrooms and […]

What Happens When You Microwave a CD

By Powertec Electric on December 26, 2018

As a kid, my dad would always encourage me to try strange science experiments in order to pique my interest in the natural sciences. One day, he had purchased a new microwave, and was getting rid of the old one. He decided it would be fun to show me what happens to a CD when […]

What You Need To Know About Your Breaker Box

By Powertec Electric on December 19, 2018

Electricity is a funny thing; you’re using it all the time, but rarely considering it. Outside of plugging things into your outlets, you rarely interact with your home’s electrical system; most people don’t even know how to read their electric meter. That means that most of the time, you’ll only notice your system when it’s […]

Smart Power Strips

By Powertec Electric on December 12, 2018

We’ve discussed vampire power at pretty great length; it is, in essence, the power your electronics use to do minor, mundane or altogether useless things when they’re not in use. Think of your microwave constantly displaying the time despite the fact you have a hyper accurate clock in your pocket at all times; that’s vampire […]

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