Regular electrical preventive maintenance is critical for any home or commercial building in the DC area. When you have routine service done, it will keep your important electrical systems running longer and help you avoid costly repairs. In the event that there is an issue with your wiring, your electrician can uncover it during this routine visit so that repairs can be done before the problem becomes bigger—reducing downtime and repair expenses.

Electrical preventive maintenance is also critical to ensuring your safety at home and in the workplace. Why? Because certain failures in your electrical systems can cause dangerous sparking and even fires—damaging your property and putting your family or employees in harms way. In fact, electrical issues are a leading cause of home fires in the U.S. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, electrical malfunction accounts for more than eight percent of residential fires resulting in fatalities.

At Kolb Electric, we have a thorough electrical preventive maintenance checklist that allows us to ensure all your important products are taken care of. Be sure to have your electrician check your:

Primary Electrical Service and Distribution

Lighting and Light Fixtures

Special Systems

Neglecting electrical preventive maintenance isn’t worth the risk. You may be saving an expense today, but it will likely catch up to you in the long run, causing you to replace products more frequently and pay for repairs far more costly than the initial service visit would have been. Keep your family, employees, and property protected, and sign up for an electrical preventive maintenance plan today! Call Kolb Electric at 877-287-1179 for details or click here to contact us online.

The design process is complete, and the Thronedown Challenge is about to commence.  The votes will be cast and the crown awarded to the champion designer. Capitol Lighting followers can visit our company’s Facebook page to vote, while showroom customers and employees can get a live look at the renovations in order to choose their favorite design and cast their ballots.

This friendly competition between two northern New Jersey interior designers has involved weeks of hard work, resulting in a transformation of  both the men’s and ladies’ restrooms in Capitol Lighting’s Paramus store. The finalists were chosen based on their expertise; they each received a $2,000 project budget with lighting supplied by Quoizel and Feiss.

Before

After

Mannarino’s vision was to create something sophisticated, dramatic and tailored. Her step-by-step design process included:

Have you discovered your electric car is not saving you quite as much money on fuel as you had hoped due to the inability to get the car fully charged? Many electric car owners are discovering the typical 120-volt charging station isn’t enough to keep their car charged throughout their busy day. If you work somewhere there is a charging station and can get your car on the charger, you are set. But, if you are constantly on the go throughout the day or don’t have a charging station available to you, you need a better option.

Your electrician in Burbank can help you appease your car’s electrical needs by installing the necessary outlets needed to use one of the faster car charging stations. Unlike the more common 120-volt stations that you can plug into almost any outlet, the 240-volt chargers need something a little bigger. The Electric Connection can get you set up with the necessary outlet. Just give us a call.

If you are unsure what a 240-volt outlet is, think of your dryer or air conditioner. An electrician will need to inspect your electric panel first to determine whether or not your current panel has the capability of supporting the additional breaker needed. Typically, most newer houses do. The electrician will go about creating the proper outlet needed for you charging station.

If there isn’t enough room in the panel, you will need an electric panel upgrade. This is something you can discuss with your electrician. Burbank electric car owners can also count on The Electric Connection to install an outlet for the 120-volt chargers as well. Any charger should be on its own dedicated outlet to prevent overloading. If you need an additional outlet in your garage or carport, please give us a call today and we would be happy to schedule an appointment.