1. Required by washington state law 2. To ensure wiring meets local codes. Cutting corners on an installation can be easy when a contractor knows that no electrical inspector still be checking on the work. 3. To prevent problems with homeowners insurance claims relating to electrical fires. 4. Contractors that...
Category: Residential
Custom can light install in Seattle
4" can light install in lath and plaster walls. We installed directional eyeball trims to direct light at the pictures and the custom oil based paint on the original vintage textured plaster walls. It looked beautiful. One of our biggest challenges when doing this type of work is keeping the...
Hidden 3D LCD TV wires
We hid all the cables in the walls in this 1930'S Seattle waterfront home
Custom accent lighting in 1.2 million Seattle house
All wires were "fished" hidden inside walls.
Do I need to up grade my panel?
This customer in Federal Way wanted an honest answer about a panel upgrade. This home built in 1945 has already been upgraded once from a fuse box, but there was still knob and tube in the attic. You can also see in the picture the new service is rated for...
What is a brownout? This Renton PSE customer was experiencing mysterious dimming lights.
This problem had been going on for Weeks, with the customer spending both time and money trying to locate the problem. In less than one hour found a very serious arcing fault in the cable. A bad connection developed on the roof at the overhead service drop. It melted through...
Generator connection that is Better than a manual transfer switch
notice on the picture that any breaker can be used during an outage. This person is ready for the next power outage.
200 amp service upgrade
The existing service had the old style cloth covered SE (service entrance) cable. It's hard to believe that it was ever allowed to run unfused 100 amp wire stapled directly to the wood siding. Yet years ago the code allowed this. We upgraded the service to 200 amps. A safe...
Emergency electrical repair
This old Meter base, had an electrical short.....fortunately there was no electrical fire! if you look closely at the top center of the meter base you can see that the wires are discolored and blown completely through. the meter base also dark black and discolored because of the electrical short....
the most violent residential electrical storm damage
The 2 inch rigid mast on top of this meter base was ripped completely off. It landed about 20 feet away! The amazing thing was, it happened with such force, it yanked the "guts" right out of the inside of the meter base. If you look closely you can still...