Glenora

Wiring on the 1.2 million dollar Glenora home has started this week.

Online Estimates

Now offering free estimates online for your electrical projects.  You can email   possumelectric@gmail.com   with your estimate request.  We need to know:
-The square footage?
-New construction or reno?
-What electrical work you need done?
-Is there access in the wall around the panel for a reno?
-Is there access in the attic and crawl space if its a reno?
-What is the job site location?
-When are you ready for the electrical work to start?
-Will there be other trades working at the same time?
Just answer these questions in a brief email to:
possumelectric@gmail.com
We will get rite back to you within 48 hours.  These will only be an estimate to give you a good idea of price. A firm quote can be done visiting the job site and inspecting the structure.  There is an $80 charge to come out and write up a firm quote.  We credit the full $80 to the job, when we start.

Andrew Jail House

The old Jail in Andrew, hasn't incarcerated anyone for a a few decades from what I understand. It has suffered years of neglect as a single family dwelling. The new owner is doing a great job fixing it up, really improving that street. Andrew is one of the few northern towns using the Calgary based Permit Pro. Permit Pro has been an absolute dream to deal with once my account was set up. Everybody tells me they don't want to get a permit because they will have to wait for an inspector before they can drywall. In the country Inspections Group typically get out once or twice a week, wile Permit Pro can only get North of Edmonton about once a month. Once a month obviously isn't acceptable, so Permit Pro will accept Videos to pass the rough in. This is a video for Permit Pro, the North side of the duplex in Andrew. This side used to be the jail, wile the other side, now drywalled, used to be living quarters for the police, wile they stayed in Andrew.

We've Moved

We still service Andrew, and Lamont County, but we have moved to Edmonton. We are, so far, keeping the shop in Andrew, for vehicle and equipment servicing, which means we will be out there all the time and accept service calls out there anytime.

Took a few months off there to go to Mexico for the coldest part of winter. This is the house we finished in Edmonton just before I left. It didn't get a complete rewire. This house got a lot of electrical corrections that weren't previously up to code. Then each room got at least 3 plugs added, pulled in through the unfinished basement. New kitchen counter plugs, fridge plug, and a garage feed, including garage wiring. All the pull string lights were replaced with beautiful fixtures and light switches.

Lawn Tractor/Plow Block Heater

This is not just about the Lawn Tractor Block Heater but it is about over loading breakers in the cold. I had not been able to plow the snow when it was -20 deg C, and thought I would plow it today wile it was -40 deg C. Well do you think I could start the 600cc single cylinder lawn tractor? No Way! So I came up with a totally sketchy 1500 watt lawn tractor block heater, an old iron, that I picked up for $0.75 at a garage sale.

I couldn't leave my lawn tractor unattended with this 1500 watt heater just jammed into the cowling. After 20 min, it hadn't thawed enough, and I was starting to get uncomfortably cold, in the -40 shop. At that point I added the 250 watt magnetic heater, and the 1500 watt heat gun on high for another 20 min, ALL ON THE SAME PLUG.

That is a good 3000+ watts of heat running off of one 1500 watt breaker for 20 minutes. Why? Because the breakers trip with heat, and it is -40 in my garage. The breaker never did blow. I realized I was going to need to warm the battery up too, and everything plastic insisted on breaking when I touched it in the cold. The lawn tractor did turn over, but I decided to limit potential damage by not running it until it was warmer.

Although my Lawn tractor block heater was working great, I think in future cold days, the only way to go is to put the whole thing into a heated space, like the fully enclosed trailer, with heat. Or I could tarp it over with a propane blower heater heating under the tarp. I think this way because even when it starts I don't believe the Hydrostatic/Hydraulic drive would work until it warmed up, and if it all starts out warm, the plastic parts won't break as easily. I will take apart the iron and see if there are some slightly lower wattage heaters inside I can use to make the -20 lawn tractor block heater.

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