D'Spain Sales and Service Blog : Archive for the ‘Electrical’ Category

Things to Consider with a New Generator

Monday, January 18th, 2016

We pride ourselves on self-sufficiency here in Boerne, TX, and that applies to home ownership as well as an independent spirit. Many residents live off of the civic electrical grid, and while our city’s grid is eminently reliable, nothing is guaranteed. A new generator is the perfect solution, providing an abundance of electrical energy to keep your home functioning when the power goes out, or as part of living off the grid. But when you install your generator, you need to keep several things in mind in order to make sure it functions the way it should. Here are a few things to consider with a new generator.

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Don’t Be Left in the Dark with a Flipped Circuit Breaker

Monday, December 28th, 2015

With diminishing light and chilly weather, the last thing you want to deal with is a tripping circuit breaker in your home. It is never advisable for anyone untrained to perform any kind of work in your home’s electrical box, but every homeowner should know the basics of how to turn a circuit breaker back on.

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Easy Help with Heating: Let Us Install a Ceiling Fan

Monday, December 7th, 2015

We all know that ceiling fans help cool things down when it gets hot in Boerne, TX, but did you know that with a simple flick of a switch on the fan that you can also help your heating? One of the top tips offered to help with heating is the installation of a ceiling fan, and the electrical pros from D’Spain Sales & Service, Inc., are here to help you with yours. First, let’s take a look at how a ceiling fan helps make your home more comfortable during the winter as it can during the summer.

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Heating Season Is Carbon Monoxide Detector Season

Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

Technically, carbon monoxide poisoning can occur at any time, but there are far more instances of accidental CO poisoning during the winter months for two key reasons. First, you are likely operating a heating system and possibly using a fireplace. If your heating system is a combustion system, carbon monoxide is part of the combustion byproducts. Second, your home is shut down pretty tight with closed doors and windows, trapping in air that may be bad for you. While there are a number of safety controls placed on heating unit precisely to avoid problems like this, the issue remains that carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, invisible gas that is completely undetectable to us. And this is why using a CO detector is so important.

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Is Your Home’s Electrical System Ready for Holiday Lighting?

Monday, October 19th, 2015

The holidays don’t start in December anymore, they start now with a smattering of Halloween lights that lead right into Thanksgiving decorations and the December holidays, including New Year’s. But you won’t be enjoying decorative lights a whole lot if you need miles of extension cords to get them lit and your inside lights are flickering as soon as your decorative lights come on. While we may be making light of things here, overloading your system or even overloading an outlet can be a serious safety risk. But the electrical experts from D’Spain Sales & Service, Inc., can help ensure that your home is ready for festivity!

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When Was the Last Time Your Generator Was Maintained?

Monday, September 21st, 2015

You have a whole home generator for a reason: to keep your home safe, secure and operational during a power outage. For some, keeping the power on is critical for medical reasons. But you may not have the power you need if your generator hasn’t been professionally maintained, and that isn’t good for you or your home. The electrical experts at D’Spain Sales & Service, Inc., are here to help with all of your electrical needs, including generator maintenance. If it’s been more than 12 months since your generator in Fredericksburg has been properly maintained, then it’s time to give us a call.

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What Is a GFCI Outlet?

Monday, September 7th, 2015

Like all other systems in the home, residential electrical systems have come a long ways since their inception. One of the problems with older electrical systems is that many were never grounded properly. Ungrounded electrical outlets and connections can be very dangerous and cause serious harm to both the inhabitants of a home and the home itself. Newer homes – those homes built in the 1970s and forward – typically have grounded outlets, but many houses built prior to that do not. A grounded outlet is a special type of outlet known as a GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) and it helps keep your home and you safe from electrical shock.

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Call Us for Wind Mill Repair and You’ll Get…. Oil?

Monday, July 20th, 2015

In our area of Texas, we have to be willing to think outside the box to bring fresh water to ranch and farm properties. Our livestock needs this water, as well as our vegetation. One way a lot of our customers access water is by using a wind mill. Using the power of the wind, a pump action is triggered that sucks the water up from below the ground. But we got a lot more than we bargained for recently when we had a repair call for one of our customers.

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Types of Carbon Monoxide Detectors for Your Home in Bandera

Monday, June 22nd, 2015

Combustion may be the last thing anyone in our area is thinking about with the summer heat, but if you use any type of gas or propane appliance in your home, such as a stove, clothes dryer or hot water heater, you have combustion happening. One of the dangers of any kind of indoor combustion is the development and leaking of carbon monoxide (CO). CO can be a killer, and one of the main reasons for this is that CO gas is undetectable to human senses. It is odorless, tasteless and invisible, which is why it’s called “the silent killer.” One of the best ways to protect yourself from CO poisoning in Bandera, TX, is to install a carbon monoxide detector in your home.

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What Is a GFCI Outlet and Do I Need One?

Monday, June 8th, 2015

Many homeowners assume that today’s electrical outlets are safe to use, and most are – but not all. Outlets can be unsafe for a number of reasons, and one of these reasons is a lack of proper grounding. When an outlet is grounded, it means that errant electricity is re-directed to a safe place where it can dissipate; outlets that aren’t grounded will direct an errant current of electricity to the closest thing that will ground it, including someone touching it. The good news is that there are outlets available to eliminate this from happening: the GFCI outlet.

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