Working efficiently and safely with electricity requires an adequate knowledge of how electricity works.
This knowledge often seems beyond the reach of the average homeowner, obscured by a veil of confusing codes, complicated formulas, and
hieroglyphic symbols.
To make matters worse, many supposedly basic books assume that you already have a working knowledge of electricity and electrical codes.
Some go too far in the other direction, quoting code requirements without explaining how or why they affect the actual work you want to
do.
This website is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of how electricity works, how it is supplied to your home and
how you can work with it safely.
It explains which wires to use, where they go, and what they do, as well as which tools and materials you will need to perform the work at
hand.
This site will go into different wiring methods; low voltage and high-voltage wiring; outdoor wiring; and emergency power equipment.
This site will teach you to approach your home wiring projects with the confidence that comes from knowledge.
You will see that there is really nothing mystical about installing a dimmer switch or changing a receptacle.
Like changing a light bulb, the work can be simple once you know how to do it, and to do it safely.
We will try to provide clear instruction, ease of use, and an entertaining presentation as its main attributes.
Of course, this site will not qualify you to become a licensed electrician, but it will provide you with enough knowledge of electrical work
to realize when some one else is doing it wrong.
Inevitably, either for reasons of safety or simply because it is required by your local or state electrical code, you may need the services of
a licensed electrician, especially for work on your service panel or within your main electrical panel.
In those cases should know not only what an electrician must do also how he or she must do it.
