Gordon Electric Supply, Inc.

With warm weather coming it’s time to work on all the outdoor projects.
Watch out!! It is also time for wasps, hornets and bees to make hives in light fixtures and other places.
Trust me, spraying a bee hive with a water hose never works, just makes them mad!!
it’s always good to have a can of CRC Wasp & Hornet Killer Plus.
This stuff kills them on contact from 20 feet away.
It also kills Hornets, Black Widows, Fire Ants and Scorpions.
Fast acting, high strength insecticide. Ergonomic trigger that provides control, even with gloved hands, and is accurate up to 15’ away. Plastic safe – will not damage plastic connectors and other insulating materials.
For any outdoor worker around electric and power utilities, telecommunications equipment and installation sites, bridge and tower maintenance, cable and wire installation sites, industrial plant grounds, warehouses, farm structures and buildings.

Advance ABC100

Lighting Audits!!
Everyone is doing them these days.
To save money and to save the planet!!
Think about how many fixtures there are in a hospital.
Maybe 1/2 have been changed to electronic, maybe not.
The problem is, how do you tell?
Most people will say, as I did, look at the lamps!!
If they are T8 then it’s electronic, if they are T12, then it’s probably magnetic.
(Those are nasty when they go out, black tar drips out of the fixture and it smells really bad)
But if all the fixtures are lensed, it’s up and down the ladder to open each one.
Yes, it’s great cardio but who has the time?
Advance Transformer has come out with the ABC100.
It checks to see if the fixture is electronic of magnetic.
It’s very simple, point it at the fixture, (with in 15 feet), if the light is green, it’s electronic, if the light is orange, it’s magnetic.
Compact and lightweight design, measuring just 4″ X 2″ for hand-held convenience.
Operation at up to 15 feet or more from a light source
Takes (2) AA batteries (not included)
Attached lanyard for easy carrying.

Yes, the future is now!! Well, almost, we still don’t have those cool jet backpacks to fly around like they said we would back in the 70′s.
But, thanks to Pass & Seymour, we have nickel finished wiring devices!!
Available in switches, dimmers, tamper-resistant and GFCI receptacles, these elegant yet understated devices – along with their matching Screwless Wall Plates – are a perfect complement to modern cabinets, lighting fixtures, plumbing fixtures and appliances.
So me may not be able to teleport to a new world but we can have cool futuristic looking wiring devices!!

It’s amazing how LED lighting has taken off. It’s been around forever, but only in the past years have we seen such an array of light fixtures that now use this technology.
RAB Lighting has a great selection of LED fixtures. At our counter I installed a display using the RAB FFLED18 Flood light.
Every customer that comes in, looks directly into the fixture as they turn it on.
Then they wonder around seeing those little sqiggly things and saying “Man, is that bright!”
This is a compact flood that can be easily mounted to any wheatherproof box with a 1/2″ KO.
This fixture uses 18 watts, at 100 – 277 VAC.
It will replace any 70 – 100 MH flood.
I think it would be great for flagpoles!!

If you grew up in the 80′s you’ll get this, doesn’t the fixture look like Johnny 5?

The word occupy has been used alot lately. People all over the country are Occuping places to make a statement on different views.
My friends occupied the local Taco Bell for lunch just the other day to state that they were hungry!!
In office and retail spaces, that are not always occupied, there is a very big concern about lighting costs.
Why leave the lights on when no one is occuping the space??
Problem is, the last one to leave doesn’t always turn out the lights.
Leviton has a large selection of occupancy sensors for all applications.
From wall switches to ceiling mounts, line voltage to low voltage.
They even have a sensor that wires direct to the fluorescent high-bay fixtures!!

No, I’m not talking about your car, I’m talking about your Generac Generator!!
Your generator needs to be tuned up every year just like a car.
Well, just like a car used to be, back in the 70′s when all we needed were plugs, a cap and a rotor, maybe wires, depending on how old they were, or if when you touched them with the car running and got knocked back about 10 feet, OH SORRY!
Your generator is scheduled to run once a week, so even if the power does not go out, it is being used!!
Yearly maintenance by a qualified Generac mechanic will avoid tons of headaches down the road!!
We stock all the kits for the air cooled generators!!
So get yours today, don’t wait until the power goes out and your generator is not running correctly!!

Looking for something cool for the handyman in your family?
We have just what you need!!
A full line of Milwaukee and Ideal tools!
Just give us a call and we can help you pick out the perfect gift!!

Love it when someone comes to the counter and says that!!
This tells me that they have tri-taps all over their house with everything from a hair dryer to a microwave plugged in.
Remember the scene in ” A Christmas Story” when they blow a fuse because of all the plugs put in the same outlet?
Leviton has come out with a triplex outlet.
This is very cool, because you no long have to cut the ground blade off of extension cords.
Features and Benefits :
* Industry’s First Intregrated Triplex Receptacle
* Provides three outlets that can accept 3 plugs simultaneously, eliminating the cluttered look of power-strips or necessity for multi-outtlet adapters
* Efficient construction with consistant form factor
* Innovative contoured geometry offers an exclusive aesthetic design
* Flawless multigang installation with no dividers or frame between devices
* All visible surfaces molded from engineering-grade polymer for uniformity and flawless color match
* Subtle, matte finish complements fine decor
* Listed to UL498 and Certified to CSA C22.2 No. 42
* Premium Grade with Five-Year Limited Warranty

I always get a rush when I walk into the tool department of the local hardware store.
Time and labor saving tools are the “in thing” now.
We are now stocking a full line of Milwaukee cordless tools!!
The one that caught my eye was the Hackzall number 2420-21.
This is a small, light weight sawzall.
It is only 11 inches long and weighs 2.6 pounds.
With a 12 volt lithium battery that will last 30 minutes.

Part of my job, besides writing these blogs, is helping customers at our counter.
I love this part of my job, I get to deal with all kinds of people from retired electricians to the guy trying to install an outlet and has no idea what the white and gold screws are for. (white neutral, gold power, green ground)
Saftey is a big concern when selling electrical material. Today I had a customer come in looking for parts to make a “Suicide Cord”.
This is a cord with two male ends used with a portable generator to connect it to a house panel.
In this case, he wanted to use a male Leviton 287T 30 amp dryer plug, 90 feet of 10-3 SO cord, and an L1430P 30 amp twist lock plug.
Here’s how it works kids!!
The L1430P plug goes into the generator and the 287T plugs into the dryer outlet, start the generator and it will back feed the house panel.
It sounds safe enough but it’s not!!
First, if the cord is plugged into the generator, and it is running, the other end of the cord that has a male plug on it is energized.
If someone were to touch it, LIGHTS OUT!!
Second, if both ends are plugged in, and the power comes back on, it will fry the generator.
All the way around, this is a bad idea!!
If you are going to use a portable generator, always have qualified electrician hook it up the right way!!