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Legacy Wiring In Real Estate
When purchasing older real estate to live in, rent or flip in Phillipsburg, New Jersey , Belvidere, New Jersey or Washington, New Jersey...
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Mar 23 min read
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First Energy Smart Meter Installation
First Energy Corporation, parent company of Jersey Central Power and Light has begun deploying smart meters in New Jersey. Smart meter...
mccaffreydaniel0
Dec 26, 20242 min read
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Commercial and Industrial Lighting
Interior Lighting- Fluorescent lighting became commercially available in the late 1930s, marking a large improvement over all...
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Nov 30, 20242 min read
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Light Fixtures Look Nice, But Are They Listed?
You may have noticed that on every electrical appliance or device you buy, somewhere on that device or appliance there is a tag telling...
mccaffreydaniel0
Nov 10, 20242 min read
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Aluminum Wiring In 1970's Homes
Certain housing developments in Lopatcong, New Jersey built in the early 1970's used single strand aluminum building wires. This wiring...
mccaffreydaniel0
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Fire Prevention Week 2024
The National Fire Protection Association's Fire Prevention Week is October 6,2024-October 12, 2024. This serves to remind us that the...
mccaffreydaniel0
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Portable Generator Inlets
Fall and Winter mean's storms and as a result-power outages in Warren & Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Customers frequently call and ask...
mccaffreydaniel0
Sep 24, 20241 min read
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Open Ground Receptacles
One type of call I get often as an electrician in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and its surrounding areas is for open ground receptacles-that...
mccaffreydaniel0
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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Is Your Pool Properly Bonded?
An above ground #pool  requires an equipotential bonding ring be ran in #8 solid copper around it. 18-24" off of the water, 4-6" deep all...
mccaffreydaniel0
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Heat Wave - Blown Fuse
Prolonged hot weather-such what we are experiencing now in the Phillipsburg, New Jersey area undoubtedly result in more services calls...
mccaffreydaniel0
Jul 14, 20241 min read
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I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your...Service down
We had a storm blow through our area on Thursday May 23rd with heavy rain and damaging winds, blowing trees down on primary and secondary...
mccaffreyelectrica
May 25, 20241 min read
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More Power! Electric Service Upgrade
There are many reasons why you may want to do an electric service upgrade. You may have a completely full panel, or have a 100a service...
mccaffreyelectrica
May 20, 20241 min read
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Going Electric?
Let Mc Caffrey Electrical Contracting install your level 2 EV Charger! Call 908 818 0460
mccaffreyelectrica
May 20, 20241 min read
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Melted Wires & Mismatched Breakers
Phillipsburg NJ- Another week, Another melted wire! Hard to say what caused this, as we don’t know if it melted 2 years ago or 20 years...
mccaffreyelectrica
May 20, 20241 min read
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Push-O-Matic Breakers
Some breaker/panel designs have stood the test of time and are still in production today (Square D QO, Cutler Hammer BR & CH lines)....
mccaffreyelectrica
May 20, 20241 min read
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Improper Wire Termination
Some breakers are designed to have two wires under one breaker terminal. These Siemens breakers are not UL listed to be used this way....
mccaffreyelectrica
May 20, 20241 min read
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