Most likely, if you’re like most Nevada homeowners, you may not think much about your electrical system until a problem arises. Put simply, a residential electrical inspection is a comprehensive examination of everything in an electrical system, which includes...
Electrical fires at home account for about 51,000 fires each year, more than 500 deaths, nearly 1,400 injuries, and $1.3 billion in property damage. Not preparing for an electrical emergency such as a fire can cost you your property, business, valuables, or life. It...
Coal power gets a bad rap. It seems like when someone talks about coal, visions of mining accidents, dirty air, and blackened miners comes to mind. Coal is bad, dirty, and out-dated. But is it? And how does it fit in with other energy sources available today? What is...
Electricity is among the biggest hazards in your home, particularly if you have pets. Just like the kids, pets don’t understand the electrical hazards posed by outlets, cables and electrical gadgets around the house. As pets are naturally curious, they may start...
Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were two innovators who became entangled in a war of currents in the late 1800s. Their race to develop an electrical system that would power the world centered around direct-current (DC) and alternating-current (AC). Described as...
We have used geothermal energy for over 10,000 years, dating back to when ancient humans cooked and bathed in hot springs. It was not until 1960 when the first geothermal power plant in the United States was established for electricity generation. Many decades down...
There are many forms of energy that power our world: solar, wind, hydro-electric, fossil fuels, and so on. These are all viable, but there’s no fuel quite like nuclear energy. Although if you live in Nevada, you may not know much about that. While there are...
Most of us want to go green these days, and if there was a way to use clean, renewable, and affordable sources of energy for all our daily needs that’s what most of us would do. And while a lot of us know how hydroelectric dams and even solar power works, wind...
