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Northern Lights Energy
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Serving Colton, NY and surrounding areas

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In business since 1996

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At Northern Lights Energy, we take great pride in our experience, expertise, quality, and customer service that we provide to meet the consumers needs. It is our mission to provide excellent workmanship and complete customer satisfaction from start to completion of a project. In order to understand the needs and expectations of our customers, we take great care to work and communicate with every customer in a professional manner. Our reputation is based on service, safety and quality, regardless of how large or small the job.

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Ground Mount Shed
Generator - Hanawa Falls
Response time1 day
Response rate87%
Recommended by92%of homeowners
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W B Lightning Rods
4.6(
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Serving Colton, NY and surrounding areas

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In business since 2001

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"We have been hit twice by lightning by God's grace either one hit our home however the last strike burnt art motorhome to the ground William was hired to install lightning protection lightning rods on our home and two out buildings he took the time to explain to us everything we needed to know answering every question professionally conducted himself in the utmost professional manner I would highly recommend lightning rods and even more highly recommended hiring William to do the job we are going to do an expansion later on and he will be the one and only contractor I will call to continue our lightning protection"
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+79

Response time1 day
84 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by98%of homeowners
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Hurricane Home Solutions, Inc.
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Serving Colton, NY and surrounding areas

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Super Service Award Winner

In business since 2019

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Emergency services offered

"Great crew of installers. Kevin did fantastic install on all electric systems. He never stopped for over 7 hours!! Rob and Riley did not stop working till job was done. Nice assistance from Al. on gas and electric line install. Suggestion: someone should review manuals with customer. Team did demonstrate start up of generator."
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8.5kW Side Profile
8.5kW Front Profile
Champion Automatic Transfer Switch
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+9

Response time11 hrs
Response rate94%
34 neighbors recently requested a quote
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KWD Electric Inc
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Serving Colton, NY and surrounding areas

In business since 2006

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"Excellent, Ken is a stand up electrician. He walked us through everything and gave his opinion on the job and the best way to handle it all. His work is clean and professional. Ken was easy to work with and he was extremely personable with out little 3yo handyman. We would hire and recommend Ken to anyone who wants an honest and well done electrical job."
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Electrical questions, answered by experts

The answer depends on your needs and the availability of your current electrical panel. If you’re hoping to seriously up the power in your detached living space, you may also need to consider increasing the power of the amp your home runs on (from 100-amps to 200-amps, for example).

Yes, you can put a GFCI outlet in almost any electrical outlet location. As long as the outlet is wired correctly back to a circuit breaker, you can likely replace the existing outlet with a GFCI outlet.

You can add an electrical outlet outside by sending a wire through the wall from an existing interior outlet. Without having to open up walls, you can thread a new electrical cable from the existing outlet through the wall and to the exterior. You’ll need to cut a hole in the siding to place your new outlet. Ensure that your outdoor outlet is a GFCI outlet (ground fault circuit interrupter outlet) per the National Electrical Code. It’s best to hire an electrician to add an outdoor outlet unless you have previous electrical experience.

That depends on your setup. If a circuit breaker already has GFCI protection, then everything connected to that specific circuit is being monitored. You don’t need additional GFCI outlets on that breaker.

However, if the breaker is not GFCI, then you should have GFCI receptacles for at-risk outlets nearby water sources, because they are not receiving protection. Breakers in a breaker box can vary between GFCI and non-GFCI. Look for GFCI labels on the breaker or try to find the breaker model number to look it up if you aren’t sure.

As a safety measure, you should always turn off the main breaker while operating your generator’s backup breaker. In addition, you should also switch off all appliance breakers so you don't have a power surge when the main breaker turns back on. And finally, turning off the main breaker prevents back-feeding, which endangers utility workers with the risk of electrocution. Back-feeding could also destroy the electrical circuits of your neighbors if they use the same power network.

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