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Double Duty Light Fixture

November 18, 2013 by Kevin Berger

Arcalux HRMS Image borrowed from American Green Technology website — Arcalux HRMS
Image borrowed from American Green Technology website

American Green Technology has a light fixture that does double duty as an air purifier. From their website:

“Hospital-borne infections are a leading concern for medical professionals and patients. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 to 10 percent of all patients contract at least one hospital-acquired infection during their stay in an acute-care hospital. There are indications that the future of surgery as we know it may be affected because of uncertainties and fears of post-operative infections. The CDC estimates that 1.7 million hospital-associated infections (HAI’s), from all types of bacteria combined, cause or contribute to 99,000 deaths each year and is now the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, greater than Breast Cancer, Aids and Automobile Accidents combined.”

Isn’t that depressing! That makes me feel good about my next hospital visit!

Bath Fan & Speaker In One

October 28, 2013 by Kevin Berger

Homewerks Worldwide has developed a bathroom exhaust fan with bluetooth music streaming capability. The fan will move 90 cfm at a noise level of only 1.5 sones.

I didn’t realize music in the bathroom was such a thing! Previously I told you about the Kohler Moxie Showerhead (here) that streams music along with the water. (See what I did there?) Before that I told you about the Amerec’s Ipod Shower Docking Station (here). I guess no one sings acapella in the shower these days.

Walnuts to beat the band!

October 21, 2013October 18, 2013 by Kevin Berger

2013 Walnuts (pile) — This is what 200 gallons of walnuts look like…

I spent last weekend picking up walnuts. I lost count on the number of buckets, but I’m estimating I picked up over 200 gallon. I was too lazy to drag them up and weigh them, but they weren’t light. We have four walnut trees and we had a bumper crop. I have a Nut Wizard that works pretty good for picking them up, but this year they were so thick that even that was a challenge. It does well with one nut, but when you are running across a clump of 5, it doesn’t have the opportunity spread out and pick them up.

Creative Electrical Follow-up

October 8, 2013October 4, 2013 by Kevin Berger

I got the picture to the right from my cousin, Joe Easterday at Van Haren Electric, after he saw the previous post. He said this was sent to him by one of his electrician friend when he was working at Gaylor Electric. It is amazing what some people think is acceptable…

Too many novices take electricity for granted and don’t realize the risks involved.

Creative Electrical Repairs

September 23, 2013 by Kevin Berger

I pulled into a client’s facility a month or so ago and noticed an electrical box that had been knocked loose. I know how these things can be overlooked. Sometimes they are noticed, but then forgotten by the time you walk inside where something could be done about it. I snapped a picture, sent it to my contact and suggested that we could fix that for them since it was a code violation and potential safety issue. We weren’t called, but someone “repaired” it. While the solution was creative, it doesn’t exactly meet code.

Someone's Zip Tie Solution — Someone’s Zip Tie Solution

Let us help you with simple electrical maintenance issues like this. Creative electrical repairs are generally frowned on by code officials. Something like this is a safety and liability issue. It’s not the best place to skimp. A “solution” like this can actually increase liability! If something happens now, there is no doubt that someone knew the problem existed.