If you are planning to start working out of home, it’s crucial that you have a designated work space. The best way to create a home office work area that’s productive and functional is to update your home office wiring. Turning that spare bedroom or a new room over the garage or even an extension into a home office is something that you would have to plan well.

Even the simplest of work spaces have some or the other electrical equipment and appliances and you would need appropriate electrical wiring, powerpoints, and circuits and plug points etc. for it. Aside from this, you would require Internet connectivity as well. Most homes have Wi-Fi, and even if all your office equipment like the PC, printers, scanners, phones and tablets are Wi-Fi enabled, it’s best to have a hardwired Ethernet connection in your home office.

That increases the reliability of the service and you won’t be inconvenienced due to an erratic Internet connection. While it may seem like a very simple job, the fact is that installing home office wiring isn’t an easy job and has to be done with care.

This winter, Mr. Electric® wants to help you power your tomorrow by choosing the best holiday lighting gadgets. We searched all around to find you the top four lights and tools for your home displays!

This is a great way to light your outdoors without using energy and without using an outlet. The sun will charge the lights during the day and will turn on automatically when the sun sets. Each package contains 50 lights over 23 feet, making this an affordable alternative to outdoor lighting.

Source: Solar Powered Light Strings

This is a durable and heavy duty timer that helps you control your holiday lights.  It has one grounded outlet and a manual ON/OFF switch. This comes with an 18-inch cord and grounded plug to make it a durable timer that’s a safe choice to use on Christmas lights, landscape lighting or fountains.

Source: Outdoor Timer

These LED light strips are designed to be versatile. You can cut or bend them to fit your custom displays. The hue app allows you to change your light colors and turn ON/OFF all from your mobile device or tablet. We also love the efficiency of these lights and have a good feeling more and more people will began using these, instead of the traditional lights, in the future.

Source: LED Light Strips

The Light Keeper Pro is a small hand-held tool capable of fixing mini light sets, icicle and net light sets, yard decorations, pre-lit trees and wreaths. Simply plug in your light set and press the trigger to repair most of your lighting problems.

Source: Light Keeper Pro

Show off your holiday light displays by tagging us in them on our Facebook page. Don’t forget – if you need some holiday lighting help, you can give us a call and we will set up and take down for you!

Let’s first consider some of the problems that you are likely to encounter with an undersized air conditioning system, which tends to be the more obvious issue in terms of improper sizing. Your air conditioner will struggle to cool your home effectively, as it has not the power to do so. As a result, it will run much more than it should have to in order to cool your home down. This in turn drives up energy costs, meaning that you may actually find yourself paying more money for a lesser performance from your home cooling system. If you think that you deserve better than this from your AC, you must have a system that is of the right size for your living space. Just remember that an oversized system is really no better.

There are a few issues which you may encounter with an air conditioning system which is too big for your home. First and foremost, you may find that the system actually cools your home too quickly. Now, you may not understand precisely why this would be a problem. There are a few reasons, though. Your system will cycle on and off more frequently than it should, which both uses excess energy and puts unnecessary strain on the system. Additionally, your AC will fail to dehumidify the air as it normally would, which can have detrimental effects on your indoor air quality. Finally, you are paying for cooling capacity that you simply do not need. Let us install your AC so that it is guaranteed to be of the right size.