Tag: safety

If your home was built between the mid 1960’s and mid-1970’s, there’s a chance that you have aluminum wire in your home instead of copper. Aluminum wire was previously approved in the National Electrical Code (NEC) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for some purposes, but

Federal Pacific Electric panels were manufactured between the 1950’s-70’s, however they no longer meet federal safety requirements. The photos above came from a service call that one of our electricians checked out back in 2013.  The breaker failed to trip, causing the outlet to