You probably love the idea you are getting something around 40 miles to the gallon with your electric car. It certainly saves you a lot of money on gas as well as the time it takes to head to the gas station every few days. What more could you want from your electric car? How about a way to make sure your car is always charged and ready for your busy schedule? An electrician in Santa Monica can help you do that by installing the necessary electrical outlet you need to power one of the faster charging stations. The team at The Electric Connection has the experience you need when it comes to dealing with something so important.

Let’s face it, electric cars are fabulous when they are charged and have enough juice to get you around during the day. Unfortunately, in order for those cars to have enough charge to do so, you would have to leave them plugged in for almost 24 hours. In your busy life, you don’t have time to sit and wait for the car to get fully charged, which means you are likely relying on gas from time to time.

With the help of an electrician familiar with Santa Monica electrical needs, you can use a faster charging station that will have your car ready to go and fully charged in about 8 hours. That certainly sounds more appealing to the person who is always on the go. In order to run one of these faster chargers, you will need to have a 240-volt outlet available to plug the charger into. This is where your electrician comes in. The necessary outlet can be installed in your garage or carport as long as your electrical panel can support it. In some cases, you may need an electrical panel upgrade. Give The Electric Connection a call today and ask about getting your home ready for the faster charging station.

Let’s face it—halogen and incandescent headlight bulbs are a thing of the past. fanless, driverless LED headlight bulbs were used in this installation.

If your vehicle allows for horizontal adjustments, mark the distance between your headlight centers with two vertical lines of tape. These lines are important for projector headlights and/or lining up beam cutoff points. Repeat these tape lines for your other headlight.

6. Remove your headlight assembly if necessary, remove the current bulbs, and install your new LED bulbs. Check your owner’s manual for specific instructions on how to replace your headlight bulbs.

7. Depending on your vehicle, you may have to adjust your headlight beam before or after the assembly has been reinstalled. Your owner’s manual will explain how to adjust the beams. Align each headlight so that the top edge of the beam is at the same height as your horizontal line(s). If your headlights can be adjusted horizontally or produce two light cutoff points, use the vertical tape lines to align them properly.

3. Shake the vehicle to ensure that your suspension system is settled. For more precise adjustments, inflate all tires to their designated psi capacity and have someone sit in the driver’s seat. Also, make sure that your vehicle’s gas tank is at least half full.

4. Measure from the ground to the center of your headlight assembly where the bulb is located. This step must be done for all vehicles. If your vehicle allows for horizontal headlight adjustments in addition to vertical adjustments, it’s important that you also measure the distance between the centers of both headlight bulbs. The vehicle featured in this video allows for vertical headlight adjustments only; therefore, center lines aren’t necessary but are shown for demonstration purposes.

5. Turn on your low-beam headlights. Using painter’s tape, mark your headlight measurements on a flat wall. Measure from the ground up, and apply a horizontal line of tape to the wall; this line represents the top of your headlight beam. You can either apply one long, continuous line or small sections where the brightest areas of the headlight beams are shown.

If your vehicle allows for horizontal adjustments, mark the distance between your headlight centers with two vertical lines of tape. These lines are important for projector headlights and/or lining up beam cutoff points.

When you need electrical work, there is a good chance that you may need to get an estimate before having a Burbank electrician perform the job. One of the most frequently asked questions regarding electrical work, is about when to get an electrical estimate. There is no easy answer to this question. The short answer is that small jobs typically require no electrical estimate, while larger jobs should nearly always warrant an estimate. In a nutshell, the bigger and more complex the electrical work is, the higher the likelihood that you will need to have an estimate. If in doubt, you should always err on the side of caution, and give an electrician, such as The Electric Connection, a call to ask if an estimate is recommended.

Examples of Smaller Jobs

There are a variety of small, mostly cut and dry electrical service calls that electricians are called to complete every day. This type of work, such as having outlets installed or interior lighting replaced are fairly quick, easy jobs that most frequently require no estimate. If you just need a new outlet installed, because you are mounting your television onto the wall, your electrician in Burbank CA can typically offer you very close to a fixed price. Naturally, if they encounter anything that will make the job more complex, you will be notified shortly after they arrive. This holds true for other small jobs such as ceiling fan installation, bath fan installation, having smoke detectors replaced and more.

Examples of Larger Jobs

When you require extensive electrical work, such as a whole home rewire, you should always get at least one electrical estimate. Because this type of job can have many unforeseen factors, it can also have many unexpected costs. By getting an electrical estimate beforehand, you can save yourself from a huge headache. Furthermore, this gives you the chance to meet an electrician Burbank CA, and compare rates against others. If you are remodeling a bathroom or kitchen, or making a new addition to your home, you will also want to consider getting an estimate ahead of time.

Scheduling an Electrical Service Call

In order to begin the estimation process, you will need to schedule an electrical service call. Simply call your Burbank electrician, and find a time that is mutually convenient for both you and a technician. Before you call, however, there are a few things that you should keep in mind:

1. You should always have a clear idea of what you need before you call. This way, the proper amount of time will be scheduled for your estimate. This also gives the technician a chance to prepare ahead of time.

2. Clean and clear the area in which the work is to be done. By cleaning everything up, you can save much time for yourself and the technician. Rather than spending the appointment clearing clutter and furniture, you can focus on what is important: the work that you need done.

3. Always be courteous, both on the phone and during the appointment.

Because your electrician in Burbank CA most likely works on an hourly rate, rather than fixed prices, always keep in mind that estimates are just that: estimates. While they will try to provide you with the most accurate quote possible, there is always a chance that the cost may go over. In order to avoid this, many electricians use an in-place estimate model. If you have a medium sized job, for example, a technician may visit your home and start working immediately. If they are not able to complete the job after 30 minutes, they will provide you with a full assessment, recommendation and fixed price for the job. This type of estimation has become very popular because it is very convenient for both the client and the electrician Burbank trusts most.

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Super Bright LEDs employs skilled engineers and experts to test LED lights before they’re sold. Our in-house test lab is stocked with numerous pieces of equipment that provide important specifications about each product, such as brightness, color temperature, and operating temperature. Testing methods include the use of integrating spheres, spectrometers, Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) cameras, and an environmental chamber. In addition to this equipment, our technicians perform burn-in tests and durability tests that can last anywhere from two weeks to several months.

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Our state-of-the-art environmental testing chamber utilizes a 30-cubic-foot enclosure to reproduce the full ranges of temperature and relative humidity found within commercial and industrial LED lighting applications. Data collection (photometric & electrical) occurs while a device-under-test cycles through specified environmental extremes. Chamber temperature ranges from negative 35° C (negative 31° F)  to 200° C (392° F), and humidity ranges from 10 to 95 percent.

To ensure that our products will perform under normal and extreme conditions—and to have a little fun—our technicians put them through a round of applicable tests. A selection of LED lights is time tested in the environment that each product is designed for. For example, waterproof boat lights are submerged in water, and weather-resistant landscape lights are installed outside. Depending on the type of product and its impact/weather rating, our technicians might drop, run over, freeze, burn, or even saw it in half to test the product’s durability.

Every year, the average American household uses 5% of its electricity consumption on lights. Whether a kitchen light, bathroom light, bedroom light, or a small bulb in the attic, we rely on these lights for safety, security, and convenience. But did you know you can potentially save a good chunk of this electricity, and simultaneously save money?

Halogen incandescent bulbs are a technology that has been around for quite some time, but has grown in popularity in recent years. These bulbs operate by running electricity through a resistor filament, but do so in a chamber filled with gas to improve its efficiency. These require less electricity than a traditional lightbulb, but are not the most efficient option available today, and as such, are fading in popularity.

Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are almost identical to the long, tube-like fluorescent lightbulbs, just bent and curled into a small form factor designed for an average light socket. The Department of Energy estimates that these bulbs pay for themselves in a matter of just nine months’ time, while ENERGY-STAR certified bulbs use about a quarter of the energy of a traditional bulb that puts out the same amount of light, all while lasting about ten times longer.

What was once reserved exclusively for traffic lights and indicators has now evolved into one of the most rapidly-growing products on the market. Light Emitting Diodes, more commonly called LEDs, are a type of solid-state lighting that use semiconductors to turn electricity into light. They’re incredibly efficient, using about 20-25% of the electricity of an incandescent bulb, and can last up to 25 times longer as well! These come in a massive range of shapes, colors, and brightnesses, allowing them to be used in virtually any capacity.