Category: Electricians

Powertec Electric’s New Location Is A Powerful Move Into The Future

WINNIPEG, Canada – Powertec Electric Inc. is one of the largest and most successful firms in Canada that provides electrical services for residential, commercial and industrial projects. Today, Powertec Electric is proud to announce the opening of its new location at 1433 Erin Street, Winnipeg, MB R3E259.    The big move is part of an […]

What Is The Difference Between A Breaker And A Fuse?

The electrician is coming to your home and you want to make sure you understand all of the lingo. How exactly is your home wired and what do you need to know about it? Most people have either a fuse box or a circuit breaker box in their home. It’s time that you learned how […]

How Does A Circuit Breaker Box Work?

You are just settling down in the evening after work with a good movie. The lights are dimmed and your portable space heater is resting near your feet. Things are feeling pretty comfortable and cozy when everything shuts down with no apparent reason. You hear a loud click, and then it’s lights out for you […]

Home Safety From Surges

A strong storm can blow in at a moment’s notice and wreak serious havoc with your electronic devices. If you aren’t careful, a major surge could fry your circuit breakers and cause serious damage to anything that’s plugged in to your outlets. This could spark a major fire but it mostly results in electronics that […]

Electric Panel Upgrades and Sub-Panels

Winnipeg has been around for a long time. Not long compared to other cities around the world, but long enough to have some pretty aging infrastructure. We’ve talked about this endlessly on this blog, from knob-and-tube and aluminum wiring to Canada’s general aging infrastructure, but we haven’t tackled something that’s quite important to know about: […]

Home Electricity Hazards

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 […]