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Home Electricity Hazards

By Powertec Electric on June 13, 2019

Human curiosity is part of what makes us so special; we want to know the why and what of things, to better understand how things tick, and how we can use them to our advantage. Fire is the prime example of this; despite the inherent dangers of fire, humans learned to control it to our […]

Rover Station

By Powertec Electric on June 6, 2019

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Thinking Electric for Tenants

By Powertec Electric on May 30, 2019

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 realized while researching that article how much information would be […]

Power Generators for Cabins

By Powertec Electric on May 20, 2019

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 it’s the history of the Voyageur in […]

Electrical for Landlords

By Powertec Electric on May 10, 2019

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 can build real connection with your tenants, […]

Electrical and Your Insurance

By Powertec Electric on April 30, 2019

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 the area began to push insurance as […]

Modernizing Canada’s Aging Power Grid

By Powertec Electric on April 20, 2019

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 investment into the grid was so monumental that supply actually ended […]

Commercial Lighting Tips

By Powertec Electric on April 10, 2019

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 about lighting in your space, from where the lights […]

When Is It Time To Upgrade Your Electrical Service?

By Powertec Electric on April 3, 2019

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 through a system, a variety of things can happen; […]

Finding the Right Electrician

By Powertec Electric on March 27, 2019

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 small electrical experiments on your own*; […]

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