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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.