This is a question we get asked often.
The question arises when circuits are being added to an existing electrical system. Often we can replace existing circuit breakers with …
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Recessed Lighting – Pot Lights/Puck Lights
Recessed lighting offers a clean, streamlined look. It can increase the amount of light in a room, highlight artwork or other special features, and open up spaces so they look and feel bigger. Recessed lighting, if done correctly…
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Three phase power is not allowed for household use. The highly efficient overlapping power band is dangerous. If someone grips a cable energized by three phase..
read moreWhy So Many Voltages?
In 1887 direct current (DC) was king. At that time there were 121 Edison power stations scattered across North Americathe delivering DC electricity to its customers. But DC had a great limitation…
read moreDo I Need An Electrical Permit?
Contractors must obtain permits and submit an Electrical Contractor Authorization as the work progresses and upon completion of the installation. An electrical permit is not required for…
read moreElectrical Service Upgrade
Your electrical service is the system which brings power from the electrical utility provider (BC Hydro) to your home. There are 2 different types…
read moreAluminum Wiring
People worry about aluminum branch circuit wiring (i.e. the wires from the circuit breakers going to plugs, switches and lights) and with good reason…
read moreLED Lighting
There’s been widespread interest in LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology for a number of years. Originally the LED’s were a bluish, weak light which even though it used less electricity, produced little heat and lasted for a very long time, just wasn’t…
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Electrical contractor serving the Lower Mainland of BC including Abbotsford, Agassiz, Aldergrove, Anmore, Belcarra, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Delta, Hope, Langley, Maple Ridge, Mission, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond, Squamish, Surrey, Vancouver, West Vancouver, Whistler & White Rock. Also serving the Cariboo region.
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Pacific Star Electric
22323 Dewdney Trunk Rd.
Maple Ridge, BC Canada
V2X 3J3
604-463-6695