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Fayth Lyon
New to Angi
Portable Generator - Repair

Serving Brownsville, CA and surrounding areas

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Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

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Need a breaker fixed? Outlet replaced? Room freshened up with clean paint lines?\n\nI’m a licensed journeyman electrician with 6+ years experience offering small electrical jobs and interior painting at fair prices.\n\n✔️ Clean work\n✔️ Respectful in your home\n✔️ No mess left behind\n✔️ Straightforward pricing\n✔️ Show up when I say I will\n\nPerfect for:\n• Troubleshooting tripping breakers\n• Outlet / switch replacement\n• Light fixture installs\n• Ceiling fan swaps\n• Small room repainting\n• Patch & paint touch-ups\n\nStarting Rates:\nElectrical troubleshooting – $99\nOutlet / switch replacement – $45 each\nInterior room painting – starting at $250\n\nServing Sacramento & surrounding areas.\n\nIf you want honest work without big-company pricing or runaround, message me.

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ARP Electric and Lighting Company
New to Angi
Portable Generator - Repair

Serving Brownsville, CA and surrounding areas

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In business since 1999

Free estimates

Offers commercial services

ARP Elecrtic and Lighting Company is committed to excellence every aspect of our business. We uphold a standard of integrity bound by fairness, honesty and responsibility in all of our jobs. We are a locally owned and operated business with more 20 years of experience serving and Roseville, CA surrounding areas. There is no job too big, or too small for our team. Call today and let us put our experience to work for you!

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Electrical questions, answered by experts

A 10,000-watt generator can run a small to mid-sized central AC unit (typically up to 3 tons or 36,000 BTU) along with a few other appliances. However, larger AC units or additional loads will require a bigger generator. Consult a local generator installer to ensure you add the correct size generator to your home.

The most common type of electrical outlet is a 3-prong outlet, which has two flat blades (one is wider than the other) and a round grounding pin. Older homes typically have 2-prong outlets that aren’t as safe as more modern options and are generally not up to current electrical codes.  Other outlets you can find in your home include 20A, 125 volt varieties for larger appliances like refrigerators or washing machines. 

There are also GFCI outlets, which protect against electrical shock in wet areas, such as bathrooms and kitchens, and arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) outlets, which protect against electrical fires caused by arcing.

The standard copper wire gauge to use with any 30-amp circuit is a 10-gauge wire. The National Electric Code specifies a 10-gauge wire with appliances like water heaters running on 30 amps. If you try to use a smaller gauge wire, such as a 12 gauge, with a 30-amp breaker, you run the risk of the wire overheating and melting or causing a fire. Because of the safety hazards, the gauge of the wire is not an area to try to cut costs when connecting a 30-amp breaker to a water heater.

A circuit breaker flipping off when it detects an overloaded circuit isn’t a problem, but flipping the switch frequently can damage it and eventually cause an electrical hazard. If you’re going on a long vacation or leaving your home for the season, you should avoid turning off your circuit breaker to prevent electrical damage to your system.

No, it’s not normal. When an outlet is hot, something is wrong. Our tips above may help you pinpoint the problem, but when in doubt, always bring in a qualified electrician to deal with the issue. 

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