If you’re in the electrical business, you’re in the service business–whether you want to be or not. Electrical construction companies must warrantee what they build, at least for a specified period of time. Electrical service is the highest calling of my industry. The service technician must have intimate knowledge of not only how electric circuits [...]
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Troubleshooting electrical defects is a logical and systematic methodology employed by electricians experienced in equipment repair, electrical construction and electrical theory. How and why an electrical circuit works, or doesn’t work, is a vital key to problem-solving. Often, an electrician must get to the cause by eliminating what is not the cause…like any good detective; [...]
MAINTENANCE
Maintenance of electrical switch gear and electrical equipment comes in two categories: Reactionary and Preventive. Reactionary is very close to no maintenance at all, or so little maintenance that when equipment or components malfunction, you must drop everything and in crises mode, run to repair or replace. This maintenance program accounts for most of our [...]
ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND THE TECHNICIAN
An Electrical Service Technician (ST) requires working with energized electrical wires, devices, panels, meters and appliances. The ST must be required to have the proper tools and wardrobe to do the job in a safe manner. For example: Long pants, long sleeve shirt, visible identification (badge, name and company patches, etc.), work boots or shoes [...]
HOW TO HIRE AN ELECTRICIAN
I am constantly surprised when we are called by an upset customer, to replace an electrician who had been hired solely from the yellow pages. First of all, the biggest ads do not always equate to good performance. Think about it; great electricians don’t need to waste money on flashy, huge ads in a phone [...]
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