Category: Energy Management
A commercial building’s energy use is a large operating expense. Typically, one-third of operating expenses is comprised of energy consumption. That is why it is so important to have an energy audit conducted at your commercial building. If your commercial building becomes more energy efficient, you will reap the benefits of reduced operating expenses and … Continue reading How a Commercial Energy Audit Can Benefit Your Business
Category: Commercial Electrical, Industrial Electric
An electrical contractor is someone who has been trained extensively to install and maintain electrical components and systems. Often times, you will find an electrical contractor on a construction project. Electrical contractors specialize in various areas, such as line electricity contractors, inside electricity contractors, and integrated building system (IBS) electricity contractors. Line electricity contractors work … Continue reading What Is an Electrical Contractor?
Category: Electrical Safety
Overloaded Power Strip According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 5,300 fires were caused by some type of electrical malfunction. This number can dramatically drop by learning of ways to prevent electrical fires and keep everyone safe and sound. Obviously, the most important preventative step is to make sure your smoke detectors are … Continue reading How To Prevent an Electrical Fire
Category: Home Electrical
Breaker Panel Troubleshooting When a breaker panel trips, it often seems to happen at the most inopportune times and is extremely frustrating! Circuit breakers are designed to trip when too much electricity is being pushed through the breaker. When a breaker panel trips, it turns off power due to an electrical current overload, thus protecting … Continue reading Troubleshoot Your Breaker Panel
Category: Commercial Electrical, Electrician Services, Electricians
An electrician is not a “one size fits all” profession because there are many differences among commercial, residential, and industrial electricians. For each type of job, an electrician will use different wiring techniques due to energy needs, equipment used, and load demands. Also, commercial, residential, and industrial electricians abide by different procedures and different materials. … Continue reading What is the difference in commercial, residential, and industrial electricians?
Category: Commercial Electrical, Electrician Services, Electricians
Schaffhouser Electric employs many quality industrial and commercial electricians. For our current customers and prospective customers, we want to explain the qualities that all of our industrial and commercial electricians possess to perform the jobs and repairs you need accomplished at your business or plant. The tasks conducted by our industrial and commercial electricians range … Continue reading What are the qualities of a good industrial or commercial electrician?
Category: Electrical Safety
Schaffhouser Electric is pleased to announce that we have become a UL certified builder of industrial control panels. By seeing a UL mark on a panel, regulators, specifiers, and end-product certifiers will be confident that the panel meets all certification requirements. Additionally, in North America, UL Safety Marks are the most credible and pursued marks. … Continue reading UL Certified Builder of Industrial Control Panels
Category: Electrical Safety
Static electricity is a type of electricity that you probably only associate with memories of school science experiments involving a balloon and hair raising. Or perhaps, you associate static electricity with the unexpected shock you sometimes get when you touch a metal object. You may be wondering what static electricity has to do with your … Continue reading How Static Electricity Affects Business
Category: Industrial Electric, Uncategorized
Having a power outage at your business or plant is definitely a worrisome thought for any business owner, especially if that outage could last longer than a half hour. That is why many owners decide to invest in an industrial backup generator. However, many would argue that the low frequency of power outages does not … Continue reading Pros and Cons of a Backup Generator
Category: Commercial Electrical, Electricians
Data cabling consists of many different types of services. At its core, though, the process of data cabling requires a systematic approach and a knowledgeable person conducting the services. Although the very basic elements of the process can be easily understood by most people, the technical nuances required for optimal results are something only few … Continue reading Data Cabling Services With Lifetime Warranty
