A realtor friend of mine just put a house vacant house under contract for her client. When the client went to have the electric turned on, they told her since it had been vacant for more then a year, it would have to ...

I've been following the podcasts and reading some books but I've never heard of anyone putting solar panels on a rental, why is this? I did a BiggerPockets search and found a few year old post saying submetering is gr...

Just picked up an 8000sqft building in Western mass (7 apartment, 1 commercial space) that is heated by oil and paid for by the landlord.  My partner and I are looking at creating a dual fuel system, where heat pumps ...

Hello, BP!My name is Roy. I accidentally posted a forum recently without a proper introduction, so my apology.I am an entry level electrical/power engineer in Raleigh while attending NCSU to finish up my EE degree.  I...

I'm pretty sure this has been addressed before somewhere but I had no success searching the site.I have a 3/2 ranch SFR we're refurbing. The neighbor kid came over with his fiancee and they are looking for a home to r...

I welcome any and all ideas and critiques regarding this issue. Please comment or PM me if you have any thoughts. Good or bad. :-)

I am installing a 15.6 megawatt Grid Tied solar system on my 30 unit apartment com...

I'm under contract for a fixer right now. I wanted to schedule an inspection but I wanted utilities available. Water is going to be turned on but electricity cannot because the meter box needed to be installed. My due...

So the shared living units we manage  mainly for students they are 4 bed 4 bath 1200 sqft. We include $200 of utility charges a month. Anything over is split among the tenants. Lately with electric costs rising we’ve ...

I'm looking at a house on 5 acres in central florida as my primary residence.
At the back of the acreage are some of those really large powerlines (sorry, not a electrician...dont know how many KW).
I would say they a...

Any thoughts...house built in late 50's...some electric upgrades but still mostly original. All copper wire, non-grounded.