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mariaelectricals As an electrician or a network engineer, you need a crimping tool for electrical connection and network cabling. Crimping tools help to join two cables, or a wire and a connector. When we join a wire to a connector such as lugs, we call it crimp. Crimpers come in different sizes in line with the … Read more
If you are like me that hates scrubbing with bare hands, it’s time you get a pressure washer to clean the debris. The power washer, also called a pressure washing machine, has some powerful equipment that makes cleaning job easier, faster and cleaner. They are of two types, the electric pressure washer and gas pressure … Read more
Maybe you want to learn electrical work but don’t know the trade to pick. Choosing electrician career paths is always confusing, mostly for newbies. But as an expert in electrical installations, I will make sure I guide you into choosing the best electrical trade. Becoming an electrician requires a diploma qualification or its equivalent, and … Read more
In electrical work, we have so many career paths. They include commercial electrical, industrial electrical, residential electrical, and other electrical trades you can learn, but in this article, we will focus on commercial electrical. A commercial electrician is a trained and certified person who specializes in electrical repair, wiring, and troubleshooting in commercial buildings. Unlike … Read more
As a craftworker, be it an electrician, masonry, carpenter, or trimmers, there are some basic electrical tools that can help you do better work within the shortest time. These tools are called power tools. A power tool is a tool that works with an external power source other than our hand or body. Unlike normal … Read more
Just like other trades, electrical work requires tools. Electrical tools include devices electricians use during installations and repairs. These include screwdrivers, wire testers, hammers, multimeters, wire strippers, tape measures, fishing tapes, utility knives, crimp tools and others. They can either be hand-tools or power tools. One should be careful not to assume that electrical tools … Read more
As an electricity user, it is your duty to make sure your house is properly earthed and bonded. This is to prevent the hazardous effect of faulty current. House earthing connects the neutral wires of every outlet to the ground, and whenever there is short circuit or power surge, it flows through the earth rod … Read more
Have you ever wondered why we do earthing or ground systems in our homes, do you know they offer protection to us and our buildings? Well, I will tell you why good earthing is a must-have in our homes. An electrical earthing or ground system is an act of connecting the metallic parts of an … Read more
GFCI’s protect you from electric shock. If your own continues to trip, call an electrician for troubleshooting and repairs. A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) trips when it senses a ground fault, or leakage of currents even as little as 5mA between the hot wire and the ground. When the breaker senses the current leakage, … Read more
Ever since introducing the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI outlet) in 1973, deaths from electrical shock have reduced by 83%. The GFCI outlet or residual current drive (RCD) is a fast-acting circuit breaker that shuts off power once it senses a ground-fault. The receptacle works by comparing the input and output current from electrical appliances. When the … Read more