Effective Electric Earns Esteemed 2012 Angie’s List Super Service Award

Effective Electric Earns Esteemed 2012 Angie’s List Super Service Award Award reflects company’s consistently high level of customer service Effective Electric has earned the service industry-coveted 2012 Angie’s List Super Service Award, an honor awarded annually to approximately 5 percent of all the companies rated on Angie’s List, the nation’s leading provider of consumer reviews on local service companies. “It’s a select group of companies rated on Angie’s List that can claim the exemplary customer...
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Automatic Home Generator

For the lottery winner who has everything! Step aside, Disney World. Now when people win the lottery, they wisely invest in generators! At least, that’s what our neighbors in Mahopac Billy & Kathryn Mascio did when they won a $1 Million Powerball jackpot. The couple used family birthdays to choose their winning numbers, and when asked by a reporter how they would spend their new windfall, an automatic home generator was at the top of...
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Attic and Whole House Fans

 ATTIC AND WHOLE HOUSE FANS – Save $ on air-conditioning WHOLE HOUSE FANS Many people use whole house fans as an alternative to air-conditioning. A whole house fan is most effective when outside air temperatures are below 82ºF. It brings a cooling breeze in through the windows of the home and cools more efficiently than an air-conditioner.     ATTIC FANS When the temperature climbsabove 82ºF and you decide to use air conditioning, you can shut the...
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Safety Tips for your home

SAFETY TIPS for your home The following dos and don’ts are everyday tips that will hopefully serve as reminders of electrical safety basics that will help keep your home and family safe. CORRECT WATTAGE • Do check that every lamp in every fixture is the correct wattage. A lamp with wattage higher than recommended can overheat the fixture, wiring or any combustible materials that may be nearby. FRAYED/CRACKED OR DAMAGED CORDS • Don’t use an...
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New Safety Device – AFCI’s

Problems in home wiring, like arcing and sparking, are associated with more than 40,000 home fires each year. These fires claim over 350 lives and injure 1,400 victims annually. A new electrical safety device for homes, called an arc fault circuit interrupter or AFCI, is expected to provide enhanced protection from fires resulting from these unsafe home wiring conditions. Typical household fuses and circuit breakers do not respond to early arcing and sparking conditions in...
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