ElectricalAdvice

I am an Master Electrician in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and an Electrical Contractor on Cape Cod. I have been licensed since 1973 and I started in the electrical trade in 1968, when I joined the repair division of the USS Cadmus, AR14, repair ship in the U.S. Navy. I have owned, operated and am now the president of Old Harbor Electric, Inc., we are Electrical Contractors, and we have been since 1975.
Also a fan of the three major home improvement programs currently on the air in the PBS entry, "This Old House", long a mainstay and award winner, "Hometime" with Dean Anderson and of course, "Bob Vila's Home Again", although I say this with reservations. Collectively, in my view, the three shows fail to portray the electrician and his labors in a true light (pun intended). How can a program called This Old House, Hometime, or Home Again fail to cover the entire subject of homebuilding and remodeling work, including the electricians.
On this website I intend to properly portray the work that an electrician does on the average houses, as well as some extravagant ones. Like the logo phrase implies, everything "from soup to nuts, electricians @ work".
I want to take a subject project, from the electrical contracting company which I own and operate, and expound on the electrician's work and what they are assigned to do. From the temporary power pole to the last landscape light fixture. I will write about the material, tools and methods we employ when fishing cables into old houses, I will illustrate and explain the installation of an electric service, with an electric meter, panelboard and circuit breakers. I will try to touch on every little task that is the electician's duty, from the electrical calculations to identify and determine electrical loads that must be done on every building, to the installation of the electrical devices and wall plates.
I will take the reader on a walk-through house tour, which every one of my customers takes before we begin any wiring, and see how selections are made regarding lighting choices, etc. I will explain the electrical codes that govern our trade and the inspections that we must pass before our customers are allowed to live in the building with a final occupancy permit.
I will teach, through text, illustrations and photographs, the ins and outs of the trade from the inside, the very interesting work that electricians do, day to day, to make your life easier and more enjoyable in the new space he is wiring for you. Find out that electricians are household traffic pattern experts, and how that aids them in designing the switching layout for the various lighting fixtures throughout the home. Learn how a simple decision made during this stage of construction, can make a big difference over the years that you live in your home. Read and learn from the suggestions I make to the customer about lighting and switch location. Flood lighting for the back yard, a post lantern at the end of the drive, one recessed over the kitchen island, or two? Get good advice for free from an expert in the field, stay tuned as I add more information to the site in the coming weeks and months.

More to come... ....any comments? Write-in, or stay with us....