Home Electrical Troubleshooting

Biz Buzz for June 20, 2011

HIRES AND PROMOTIONS

CW Technology announced the following new hires.

Leevi Olkonen was hired as network administrator for managed services clients. He is responsible for monitoring and trouble-shooting server and backup alerts. He also resolves server issues such as Internet connectivity and application problems. Olkonen was raised in Ironwood, Mich., and graduated from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Ashland with an associate degree in computer networking. He has four years of information technology support experience in an enterprise business

environment.

Tim Salmonson was hired as a service desk engineer for managed services clients. He is responsible for troubleshooting computer and network problems, ranging from Microsoft Office issues to virus removal and other application concerns. He also is responsible for troubleshooting VOIP phone system issues. Salmonson is a Denfeld High School

graduated and earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Minnesota Duluth in May.

Northshore Manufacturing in Two Harbors

announced Brian Anders was hired as south central regional sales manager. Anders has a wealth of industry experience, having worked for two attachment manufacturers and a major, heavy construction equipment distributor in the Houston area. He will cover the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Mississippi. He will work out of his home office in the Houston area.

OJ Bottoms was named a partner at Ryan-Kasner-Bialke LLC financial planning firm, with offices in Virginia and Hibbing.

Bottoms specializes in personal financial planning for business owners and professionals across northern Minnesota. He focuses on estate planning, business succession planning, employee benefits and wealth management strategies. Bottoms achieved membership in the Million Dollar Round Table this year.

Lakeview Christian Academy in Duluth announced the following new hires.

Allison Hale was hired to teach fifth grade. Hale graduated from the College of St. Scholastica in 2004 with a degree in secondary education and a minor in history. She served as youth director at Servant of Christ Lutheran Church in Champlin, Minn., and previously taught social studies at the Genoa-Hugo school in Hugo, Colo. She lives in Duluth.

Residential Electrical Troubleshooting by Sparkys | electricdoc.com

Here at Electric Doctor (E.D.I/Sparky’s/Sparky’s USA), we receive many calls a week from homeowners and maintenance personnel simply wondering why something went wrong with their electrical system. Sparky’s created a new blog section for to help you understand what individual items are involved in your home electrical system and how they work together to create an entire electrical system. Electrical troubleshooting and repair takes years to understand and even more years to master but we encourage you to read all our blogs, download our how-to guides and learn as much as you can. Knowing terminology and system parts will help you communicate issues more effectively if you do encounter issues and can help save money when it counts!

Electrical problems can be quite elusive and troublesome. Diagnosis and repair is an area best left to licensed electrical professionals with experience in troubleshooting electrical wiring and branch circuits. If you have a circuit breaker that is tripped or tripping repeatedly you likely have a serious situation that requires attention. Circuit breakers are designed to trip when overloaded. A breaker tripping usually indicates an overloaded circuit or other faulty equipment. It is unwise to reset a circuit breaker that is tripping repeatedly. Doing so can cause the branch circuit wiring to carry more current than it was designed to carry and overheat, or worse, start a fire. Electric circuit breakers are just one area of the electrical system that may experience problems. Switches, outlets, light fixtures, appliances, branch wiring and other items can contribute to mysterious electrical situations popping up. We have seen instances where there were multiple unrelated electrical problems occurring at the same time, which can confound and frustrate even the most experienced, licensed electricians. The comment of having “ghosts” in the wiring from the homeowner is not uncommon in this situation. For example; lights can be going on and off in one area of the house with outlets not working in another and then the lights might stop working altogether. Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI or GFI) receptacle outlets and circuit breakers tripping can indicate electrical wiring problems too. While GFCI outlets may nuisance trip (tripping off for no apparent reason) occasionally, an outlet that trips repeatedly should be checked out by a qualified licensed electrician. If you have a GFCI circuit breaker that has tripped we recommend having it checked as it is a somewhat uncommon occurrence. Never attempt to reset an electric circuit breaker if you detect a burning smell. A licensed trained electrician will identify and correct the problem prior to attempting to reset the circuit breaker. Failure to identify the problem prior to resetting the breaker could create a fire hazard and should be avoided.

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