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01
April 2026

What an IR Scan Actually Catches — And What It Misses

Thermographic scans are oversold. Here's what we've actually caught in the last 200 commercial scans, and the three things you still have to test with a meter.

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02
March 2026

Planning a JEA-Coordinated Service Upgrade Without Killing Your Tenants

JEA coordinated outages take 6–10 weeks to schedule. Here's how we sequence temp service, transition, and re-energization into one overnight tenant outage.

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03
February 2026

The Real Math on LED Retrofits (and Why Most Rebate Estimates Are Off)

Utility rebates look great on paper. We ran the numbers on twelve recent retrofits — here's the gap between projected and realized savings, and why.

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04
January 2026

Do You Have Capacity for EV Chargers? Probably Not Without a Demand Study.

Most commercial buildings have less spare capacity than the breaker schedule suggests. A short demand study saves a service upgrade you didn't budget for.

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05
December 2025

Generator Sizing for Commercial Buildings: kW, Runtime, and Transfer Switch Selection

Undersized generators trip on inrush. Oversized ones waste capital and run wet. Here's how we size standby plants for office, retail, and medical occupancies.

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06
November 2025

NFPA 99 in Plain Language: What Healthcare Electrical Actually Requires

Type 1 essential electrical systems, branch sequencing, transfer times, and the first thing inspectors check on every medical occupancy. A field breakdown.

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07
October 2025

Arc-Flash Labeling: What NFPA 70E Requires and What Most Buildings Are Missing

Arc-flash labels are legally required on exposed live parts. Most commercial buildings we walk into are missing labels or showing calculations from 2009.

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08
September 2025

What a Good Electrical Maintenance Contract Actually Prevents

Five years of data from 40 maintenance accounts: what routine IR scans, torque audits, and ground testing actually catch before they become outages.

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