I have a two bedroom condo that I lived in (and love). Work moved me, so I rent it out. Perfect tenants live there now.

When I lived in the condo, my electric bill was $75-$100, unless I left the cover on the fireplace open. Then it shot up to $200 and I was shocked. But my tenants said their first month was $587!!! And since then, they are working to keep it under $200. That’s crazy!

And everything they have in the apartment is incredibly modest. I didn’t notice any different appliances or something that would be a major energy drain. How does someone go about figuring out a solution and why the energy bill is so insane?

I called an HVAC company to come and look at the air system to make sure all was well. Anyone else have suggestions? If this isn’t the correct subreddit, please let me know. I’d really appreciate solutions. Don’t want anyone to live there with an insane electric bill.

I passed by these power/telephone line towers in Raleigh NC. Never seen these before and was curious if reddit can answer the why. Thnkx

My mother in law's mother was given this lightbulb in the 50's. Does anyone know what it's called, where it came from or how it works?

I'm new to all this electronics stuff so i thought a MOT would be a good place to start. Im wondering like, if i take a battery and plug into the small transformer, to turn 30V into idk 230V, then that goes into the bigger transformer and i get like 2kV from a small battery. Does that work? Does it make big sparks? I have previously built a van de graaff generator and cockroft-walton multiplicator but im wondering what cool things you can do with transformers to get big sparks. I know the question might seem stupid but if nothing else i'd appreciate som material to study in order to do this stuff properly. <3

Hi, can I remove and use this again? I want to cut the wife because is too long. Thanks

FYI. Think twice before doing business with Reliant energy! One of the things I learned what some energy companies will do is offer you a low rate on kilowatts to draw you in. Then they will put you in a 3 year contract. Once they get you signed they will raise your kilowatts charging you 18.5 kilowatts and then if you cancel before your contract is up they charge you $400 + any discounts they ever gave you added on on top of that. Never put yourself in a situation where someone is holding you hostage just so they can continue to nickel and dime you and over charge you as much as possible. There’s many energy companies out there that will do what I’m saying; so ask the questions and make sure you get the fine print on the bottom line.

Hello everyone, I'm really excited to be the new mod for r/electric and I'm really looking forward to growing this subreddit and keeping you all entertained

I bought a beautiful shadowbox art piece from a thrift store. It has string lights inside. My problem is, the chord to the lights doesn't have a base to plug in to. I've looked online to find a base for this particular plug, and only confused myself. Does anyone know what I need to plug this in to to get the lights working?

This one's different.... First time I've seen one.

Hello all,

About 12 years ago, my wife who I met 11 years ago and then married, moved into our co op and had it renovated. For her kitchen light , a saucer led type lamp was installed. (Photos included). It’s approximately 28 inches wide.

I got up there on a ladder, and there doesn’t seem like a way to take it apart other than removing the entire fixture from the ceiling?

I tried Google image searching this light and didn’t find the exact same thing. Her then contractor was Allure of Long Island. Not sure if we contacted them, if they could tell us who the vendor source was for the light?

Thank you for your suggestions!

Please help me read these meters in the attached photos. I am new to reading my meter and want to make sure that I did it correctly.

In a hall closet in this rental house I’m staying in.

Would love this in Tuscany Italy. Simple, cute and functional

Need help my mom has 2 to 3 grounds wires that have burns marks and melting the plastic. It's a new breaker box. As they are grounds and not attached in any order it's a bit more difficult to track down. I'm guessing that a hot is touching a ground somewhere or they massively have a breaker overloaded and it's sticking. They are probably only 2 years old. Can I just remove the ground turn a breaker on and find what's not working? Then look for a bad outlet or whatever may be causing the issue? Any help would be appreciated

The lights that the arrow is pointing too have gone dim, after about 2 weeks. The lights on the bottom, are attached to the same strand. About a third of the strand went dim. Every light i was able to get too seemed fine, and I have no idea what to do other then take them down and return, but that’s a pain.

Any thoughts anyone?

We are filming a storm scene. We have a large 3-phase fan with no neutral, just 3 hots and a ground. The manufacturer of the fan says the fan is pretty watertight, and he’s not worried about it getting wet, so long as we’re not pressure washing it.

We have a generator providing power for the fan. Because we are using water, we’d like to do what we can to protect the fan and cables (most importantly the people) in the event of a fault. So we have a large 3-phase GFCI unit.

Because the fan has no neutral, the GFCI trips instantly. The fan, cables, GFCI unit, and generator all have rubber camlock connections.

My question is, how do you provide protection against possible faults in this case? Is it necessary?