Electrical Power Design and Usage

An electrical contractor is not an electrical designer.

Power for the endless array of electrical devices in today's homes needs the special attention that Clear Lighting and Electrical Design provides. Our through understanding of power wiring, main service equipment and specialty systems will satisfy your critical demands. Having a comprehensive design for your electrical requirements will return cost benefits to you for the entire life of the home and during the construction process. We will guide you through the cost efficient planning of any of the power sources and systems required for your project.

Capabilities

Home Electrical Design – After the many years as we have been in this business, we have seen the worst and the best in home electrical power design.  We have kept and incorporated the best, and insured we never fall into the traps of the worst to keep your project profitable.  It is the simple, inexpensive tips and years of practical experience that can make the biggest difference.  The National Electric Code is written to insure that homes are wired properly to protect the safety of the people that live there.  But that is only the beginning.  There are numerous ways that you can improve the safety, livability, and long term cost of your electric needs with a properly designed electrical system for your home as your budget permits.  We will take you through the process step by step to insure it is done correctly and addresses all your needs.  And when you have a major design requirement, or just want your plan reviewed by an electrical engineer, we have one available for consultation and plan review at reasonable rates.
       

Utility Power – Purchasing power from the local "electric company” may be done in several ways that will benefit you.  Let us show you how to save money.   Do you know how many different rates and rate structures your power company offers?  Are you getting the best rate options?  That is one of the items we review on every project.  We will insure our clients are getting the most for their money spent on electricity.

                                                          <<< A utility ground mounted transformer home power source

Uninterruptible Power System (UPS) – A UPS provides instant switching for critical loads, such as computers, to a battery backup, avoiding loss of data, or control of home systems.  With today's emergence and expansion of electronics, even to such items as computers which control kitchen appliances, it is imperative that a complete review of electrical needs for your home include an analysis and decision whether or not to incorporate a UPS system.  A UPS can protect those costly electronic devices, and either keep them running when power goes out, or turn them off gracefully before turning itself off.

                                                           <<< A small UPS for a PC

Standby Power Systems – When utility power is unavailable for several hours, or even days, a standby source, such as a generator, would automatically provide power to areas of your home, or even the entire home, allowing you to continue normal activities.  Clear Lighting and Electrical Design has designed and managed the installation of standby power systems ranging in size from the very small to large commercial systems that can run for weeks if needed.  If you live where power is not as stable as you would like, we can design a standby power system that will provide standby power to a portion of your home for a short time, or a system that supports the needs of your entire property for an extended period of time.

                                                               <<< A home standby generator

Alternative Primary Power – If commercial power is not available where you are building, you wish to use commercial power only as a backup, or you prefer to live completely  “off the grid”, we can help you design the system that fits your needs that is stainable, renewable and creates no carbon footprint. Clear LED is always abreast of the latest technologies for alternative environmentally clean power.  If you want a wind generator, we can design and develop the specifications for it. If you want solar electric (photo-voltaic cells), we can design it.  And we are currently watching with great interest as hydrogen fuel cells begin to emerge as a new alternative source for energy needs.

                               <<< A hydro generator             <<< A wind generator

Power Conditioning – Power to electronic items in your home should be protected from unwanted voltage surges (spikes) and changes (drift).  We will design your system to protect your investment in sensitive electronic equipment. Do you live where lightning and power surges are a far too frequent occurrence?  We have a wide range of options for conditioning the electrical power that comes to your home, so that you have replaced your last television because of a lightning strike!

                               <<< A surge protector                <<< A surge arrestor                               

Key Benefits Clear Lighting & Electrical Design Provides

• Construction Cost Savings - A efficiently designed electrical power system with related bidding specifications for multiple electrical contractors to bid will be produced.  This will ensure that you will receive proposals for exactly the same scope of work and materials. In our decades of experience the Electrical Contractors will provide lower bids when they understand that several contractors are bidding.  Comparing the proposal costs will be much easier with our bidding specifications. Saving construction cost will help you get your projects out of the ground in today's competitive economy.

• Alternative Green Sources - Solar, Water, Wind and hydrogen fuel cells may be used to provide electricity to your home.  These are referred to as "local" generation. Environmentally responsible systems to generate power may recover it's own cost in several years if it is designed and controlled correctly.  The selection and installations of these alternative sources will have competitive contractor cost reductions when utilizing our specifications services. Of course, pollution free power generation preserves the environment immediately.  

• Peace Of Mind - With a properly designed home electrical system, you will have the necessary power to run your home as long as you own it.  We will help you look into the crystal ball of the future to forecast any possible future power needs and address those needs now when the cost to prepare for more power is minimal. 

• Appliance & Lighting Life Span - An improperly designed electrical power system can cut years off of the life of your appliances, and even the light bulbs in your home or business.  We will show you how and why, when you become a client of our firm.