What is heat tape?

What is heat tape? Despite the name, heat tape isn’t sticky tape in the traditional sense. Rather, it is electrical heating cable that is widely used to keep at-risk plumbing piping from freezing in the winter.  You can think of it like an electric blanket for a...

What are phantom loads?

What are phantom loads? When you’re finished watching TV and turn it off, it’s no longer using electricity, right? Wrong. Most electronics, such as TVs, computers, kitchen appliances, and anything with a clock, are still drawing a phantom load even when powered off....