Dan Stone Electrical Blog

Every household is likely to need renovations at a certain point in time.   Because renovations can pretty much hurt the budget, some of us opt to do it on our own.  However, there are certain kinds of repairs that are not really intended for non-professionals, especially those that involve electricity. Legal requirements aside, how important is the safety of you and your family?  As such, electrical jobs are best left to the professionals.

There are several petty repair jobs that can be done by non-expert homeowners.  These include installing battery-operated smoke

The world we live in has absolutely become more liveable because of the amazing discovery of electricity which brought a lot of magnificent changes such as providing light in the darkness and running electrical appliances and gadgets that make our jobs easier and quicker.  Electricity has become one of the most important factors to run our lives. This brilliant innovation is made possible by electricians.  In layman’s term, electrician refers to people working with electricity.  However, although some electrical jobs are easy to look at and can be done manually,

Electricity has become a significant part of our everyday lives.  Almost all conveniences we have nowadays are powered by electricity, and being without it can cause a major downfall.  A power outage is a short or long-term loss of electricity due to failure, or planned shutdown.  A planned shutdown is a way for electricity providers to prevent a total blackout of the power system.  An outage due to accidental power failures is much worse and most of the time aggravating.

One of the major causes of an outage is weather-related.  In

Every homeowner worries about their expenses.  Nowadays when bills  (especially electrical bills) are skyrocketing, everyone would like to save money.   Incandescent or halogen light bulbs have been the choice for decades but times have definitely changed.  LED light bulbs are now gaining popularity amongst homeowners.  Yes, LED light bulb prices were astronomical when they were first released, but in the recent years, technology has brought us more energy efficient LED bulbs with much cheaper prices.  It just makes sense to switch over.

Let’s look at some of the benefits of using

A new year marks another opportunity to change bad habits.  Sometimes, people don’t realise that their habits make an impact to their future safety.  Your family’s safety should be at the top of your list.  Most home fires are caused by minor electrical issues, which could have been prevented, and many of these fires were reported as electrical faults.  This year, let’s start breaking our bad electrical habits to prevent being part of next year’s statistics.

Here are some things that we can all make good habits from:

Your home should have

A surge protector is a device that shields computer and other electronic devices from surges in electrical power, or transient voltage, that flow from the power supply.  This definition is a bit vague and you must be thinking, “what the heck are you talking about?”  It will help to understand the problem first before you can understand the solution.  Before we proceed, let’s talk about power surge and what it is.

A power surge is a sudden increase in voltage or electrical current.  It happens when the flow of electric current

“Everyone should take action to update their alarm system and comply as soon as possible. All old residences need to have photoelectric, interconnected smoke alarms.” – Fire and Emergency Minister, Bill Byrne. 1 Sep 2016

On 1st of January 2017, photoelectric alarms will be required to be installed in homes any time a smoke alarm is being replaced or a new one is being installed in any way, with additional requirements being phased in over a period of time.  Rental Properties will need to be on board quite soon. 

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Having a toddler can be very amusing and entertaining, but can also lead to chaos.  Disaster is the product of failing to childproof your home.    When toddlers get to a certain age they get very curious, and one of their favorite activities is sticking things into places where they shouldn’t.  They also like to imitate their elders so when they see you plugging in some appliances, they’re going to do that, too.  Making sure that cables, power plugs and sockets, power strips and extension cords are hidden or covered is