{"id":476,"date":"2015-03-17T16:58:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T20:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2019-06-12T08:47:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T12:47:12","slug":"panel-upgrades-think-inside-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/panel-upgrades-think-inside-the-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel Upgrades &#8211; Think Inside The Box"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have all heard the expression \u201cthink outside the box\u201d,1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just for a moment, think INSIDE the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Electrical \u201cbox\u201d, or Panel is usually located in your basement, and doesn\u2019t receive much attention over the years. In fact <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">most homeowners would never think of looking inside, to see what\u2019s happening in there.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To a professional Electrician, many unwanted surprises can be spotted behind the metal cover of your Panel box. Doubled tapped terminals, burned contacts, loose connections, wrong size breakers or fuses, unused openings all can be a potential risk to you and your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"http:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"Panel Upgrade - before and after\" class=\"wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after-1080x749.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after-960x666.jpg 960w, https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/panel-upgrade-before-and-after.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So next time you hear the expression \u201c Think outside the box\u201d, reflect on thinking INSIDE the box, and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">call Captain Electric for a proper analysis of your Electrical equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have all heard the expression \u201cthink outside the box\u201d,1 Just for a moment, think INSIDE the box. Your Electrical \u201cbox\u201d, or Panel is usually located in your basement, and doesn\u2019t receive much attention over the years. In fact most homeowners would never think of looking inside, to see what\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-panel-upgrade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/captainelectric.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}