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Notes from inside the walls

Written by the electricians, usually after explaining the same thing for the fifth time this month.

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Panels

How to tell whether your panel actually needs upgrading

Age alone is not the test. Here is what we actually look at before recommending a service upgrade.

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EV charging

What an EV charger really needs in an older Denver house

The charger is the cheap part. What it plugs into is where the money and the surprises are.

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Inspecting an electrical panel

Rewiring

Knob-and-tube: what to do, and in what order

You almost never need to replace it all at once, and the staged approach costs far less.

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Selling

The electrical items that hold up a Denver sale

Five findings show up again and again on inspection reports. All five are cheap to fix before listing and expensive after.

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Securing and labelling a newly installed unit

Backup power

Generator or battery: which one is right for your house

They solve different problems, and the wrong choice is an expensive thing to discover during an outage.

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Checking equipment in a utility space

Troubleshooting

Why that one breaker keeps tripping

A breaker doing its job is not a fault. Resetting it repeatedly without finding out why is the actual hazard.

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