Electrical services are somewhat similar whether they are commercial or residential although, most commercial sites have very large scale electrical installations. The ways that commercial installations vary from the smaller home version is the equipment that they use. For example, a household will use a breaker box to distribute power. A business may use bus bars to distribute the electricity to various breaker or fuse based systems. A bus bar is a large strip of copper, brass or aluminum designed to handle large electrical loads without melting. Attempting to place these types of loads on smaller systems will overheat the metal and result in failure.
Commercial Electricians perform a number of services for businesses including the installation of new circuits and the inspection of existing ones. Inspection of electrical components is very important in a commercial setting because of the higher loads that these systems carry. Most people wrongly believe that electrical wires and switches don’t wear out, but this isn’t quite true. Excessive electrical loads can cause the metals to degrade, overheat or even short circuit. Damaged electrical components can result in fires, loss of power to your business or intermittent electrical supply.
Other important functions a commercial electrician can perform include the installation and testing of networks, video systems, intercoms and other wire based systems. Any installation needs to be tested for continuity and some of these applications require very complex setups. For example, an intercom requires wires to be routed to different rooms from a central location. Each wire must be distinct or the intercom won’t work properly.
Commercial installations can range from wiring a group of offices to the installation of high voltage supplies for heavy equipment. Consider a machine shop. Equipment such as drill presses, lathes and milling machines all require large power lines. If these lines aren’t properly installed then the shop can’t function and they lose more money in downtime. Plus, the machine shop will still need standard wiring for systems such as lighting and office areas. If your business needs electrical repair or you need the services of Commercial Electricians be sure to visit Able Electrical Services.
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