RIP Louisiana Red

Louisiana Red passed away on February 25th.  I came across this track 'Let me be your Electrician'.  Of course, I love it!

                              
                             

Cutting the Chord

Chord Safety! Make sure your tool chord is away from the tool. Check out this electric knife cutting its own chord. The sparkette in me gets excited and horrified at the same time! The crazy thing is folks cut through their own electrical chords while working all the time. Watch yourself.... safety is sexy.

Incredible Use of Lighting!

Check out the video below of the Lichtefestival Gent in Belgium (Festival of Lights Ghent). Using led's and projections they were able to create an intriguing and magical environment. The photograph above shows a hall lit by 55,000 LED's. Amazing!


Lichtfestival Gent 2012 from Lieven Vanoverbeke on Vimeo.

Happy 2012!

Cheers to all the inventors, innovators, free-thinkers and creators!  It is time for all of us to pool together and help each other, the planet and beyond.  It is truly amazing what humans have been able to create and destroy.  It is a new era, a new time.  This video shows some of the incredible electrical inventions of Nikola Tesla, a futuristic inventor who believed that power and electricity belong to all of us AND it can be harnessed in many ways, something we are still working on improving for the planets survival.  I am looking forward to the days to come.  Hope you enjoy the video!

Useful Tester

I recently returned from Grand Rapids, MI, via Chicago, visiting good friends and helping them with a new home they recently purchased.  I changed out the main panel from a non-tripping, hazardous FPE panel, to a new Cutler-Hammer main panel with a main breaker.  I also corrected outlets throughout the house that were reversed polarity.  The home inspector provided my friend Kate with a very in depth inspection report, including color photos of the tester shown above plugged into the reverse polarity outlets.  This ac outlet ground tester is a quick and easy way to test three-prong outlets for reversed polarity, open ground, open hot, and open neutral.  Every outlet in Kate's house is now correctly wired and ready to go!

Motion Sensor Lights

Motion Sensor Lights are a great way to secure an area of the house that you may not have quick access to.  They usually have a photocell sensor, which switches on the light when it becomes dark.  They are great because once installed, you can leave them to do their job, even while you sleep.  Here are a few photos of a motion sensor light I recently installed.

 

Thank you!

Thank you to Splat Space in Durham, NC for opening up the doors to my electrical presentation.  There was a great turn out and we all learned a lot about electricity!  Splat Space has been a great resource in the Durham area.