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United Lightning Rods
4.9(
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Lightning Protection - Install or Repair

Serving Carthage, TX and surrounding areas

Approved

Super Service Award Winner

In business since 1941

Free estimates

Warranties offered

"Ed Riley is extremely knowledgeable about what causes lighting and how to protect from it. He explained to me which and how structures develop static electricity that lead to lighting discharges in a way that the physics made sense to me. They were also reasonably priced and kept their word. Definitely recommend them."
Response time2 days
Response rate99%
82 neighbors recently requested a quote
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Donohue's Lightning Rods
4.3(
70
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Lightning Protection - Install or Repair

Serving Carthage, TX and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 1971

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"The man who did the job were awesome. They were very thorough, professional, and speedy. They left our church grounds spotless. I could not recommend them highly enough."
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Lightning protection
Lightning protection
Lightning protection

+10

Response time1 day
76 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by96%of homeowners
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Tri-State Water, Power & Air
4.4(
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Fixed Generator - InstallGenerator - InstallGenerator - Install - For Business

Serving Carthage, TX and surrounding areas

Approved (Corporate)

In business since 1992

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

We are the experts in the field of Whole Home Generator Sales and Installation, with over 20 years of experience in the game. We provide turn-key installation by licensed professionals - 24 hour emergency service - Remote Monitoring - Long term maintenance and service by factory trained technicians.

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Appliance Tech of East Texas LLC
4.6(
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Appliance (Major Electric Appliance) - Install or Replace

Serving Carthage, TX and surrounding areas

Approved

In business since 2023

Warranties offered

Credit card accepted

We are new, but not new. Confusing? Well, we are a new company, but our team has years of appliance repair experience. Most of this experience has been gained right here in East Texas. As such, we are locally grown and locally operated. Being a family owned business we want to treat your needs as we would treat our own! We currently service most of East Texas, but aim to grow! Let us become your Appliance Tech of East Texas!

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Response time7 hrs
1 neighbors recently requested a quote
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Red, White, and Blue Lightning Protection
4.7(
78
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Lightning Protection - Install or Repair

Serving Carthage, TX and surrounding areas

In business since 1970

Free estimates

"Honest family business that does outstanding work, quickly? How can you top that. He explained a lot about lightning and the various dangers. Given my tall, metal roofed home in a wooded setting, I needed lightning protection. I've never had a problem in 23 years, until the past 3 months. The frequency and intensity of electrical storms is increasing. I had two close calls (at the expense of over $1,000 of electronics (that I had plugged into expensive surge protectors!) With something as important as lightning protection, go with experience. Red, White, and Blue has that!"
Lightning rod system
Lightning rod system
Lightning rod residential
Lightning rod residential
Lightning rod residential

+5

Response time4 hrs
Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Electrical questions, answered by experts

Yes, one wire is always hot on the 3-way switch, meaning it carries the electricity from the power source to the switch. If you have a 3-wire cable in your home, you have two hot wires, or line wires, coming from the power source. Typically, you’d connect the hot black wire from the power source to the traveler wire and the hot red wire from the power source to the first 3-way switch. For the second 3-way switch, you’d then connect the hot black traveler wire to the switch.

While you might not need to put lights and outlets on separate circuits, some local codes may require that you use separate circuits. Installing a separate circuit helps prevent total darkness in your home when your receptacle outlets take on too much power and blow a fuse or trip the breaker. It also costs less and is easier to simply install a new circuit.

Yes, gas dryers still need electricity. While their heating system relies solely on natural gas to produce the heat that dries your clothes, gas dryers use electricity to power the lights and display screens on their interface, turn on the drum, and power any automatic moisture sensors inside the unit.

It’s possible to distinguish a positive black wire from a negative black wire if you know what type of circuit the wires are in. If it’s an alternating current (AC), then black wires are positive. If it’s a direct current (DC), then black wires are negative. 

Sometimes, a circuit has two black wires. In that case, the positive black wire will be solid black while the negative black wire will have a white stripe on it. If you’re still unsure, you can use a multimeter to check.

The Occupational Safety and Home Administration (OSHA) requires an electrical panel to have a minimum of three feet (36 inches) of room from the front of the panel to the closest obstacle. In this case, the word obstacle refers to nearly everything, including walls, machines, and other fixed objects. Additionally, panels require at least 6½ feet of headroom in the area directly in front of the fixture. These requirements help ensure safe use of the panel and allow electricians plenty of room to work.

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