Local Area Electrical Blogs

If your San Jose home was built between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s, in neighborhoods like Naglee Park, Rose Garden, Willow Glen, or Hanchett Park, there is a real chance it still has some of its original aluminum branch wiring. For decades that wiring sat quietly behind the walls and nobody thought much about

A growing number of San Jose homeowners are finding out about a wiring problem the hard way: through a nonrenewal letter from their insurance carrier. If you own a pre-1970s bungalow in Willow Glen, Naglee Park, the Rose Garden, or Cambrian Park, aluminum and knob and tube wiring insurance San Jose is not a hypothetical

Knob and tube wiring insurance problems have become one of the most common electrical headaches for San Francisco homeowners, and the reason comes down to the city’s age. According to the San Francisco Planning Department’s Housing Inventory, cited by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, almost 77 percent of the city’s housing stock

Most homeowners researching outdoor lighting permit requirements in Torrance are really asking a narrower question: can I install this myself, or do I need to pull a permit and call an electrician? The honest answer depends less on how much lighting you’re installing and more on one specific detail — voltage. Getting that distinction right