Articles Showing articles written by: Bill Streb Owner, Streb Electric
Building beds for kids
I usually talk about electrical and safety topics in this column. This month, I’d like to do something a little different and devote this space to one of our favorite charities—Sleep in Heavenly Peace of Lake/Geauga County. The tagline of this grassroots, volunteer-run 501(c)3 charity really resonates with us: “No kid sleeps on the...
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Is it time for an inspection?
To anyone who isn’t trained as an electrician, a home’s electrical system can seem mysterious. Electricity is flowing invisibly through your home 24/7. It’s a system that’s inherently connected, and what’s happening to one outlet in a home can affect others elsewhere. All this being said, there are a lot of junctures where things...
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Your free electrical inspection
If you’ve realized anything from these monthly columns, I hope it’s that at Streb Electric we do things a little differently than everyone else. As a family-owned company, I feel that over the past 40 years we’ve thrived because we treat our customers like family and operate with honesty and transparency. Electricity is a mystery to most...
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How to avoid power outages
With wicked winter weather comes snowstorms and power outages. There’s nothing worse than your power going out, often at important times like right in the middle of making dinner, and the fallout of having to find your old flashlights, which probably don’t work, not to mention the possibility of losing all the food in your fridge if it...
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Ways to save on electricity
When you type “Ways to save money” into your Google search bar, the next four words that automatically appear most often are “on your electric bill.” Inflation has us all looking for ways to lower our monthly expenses. The good news is, you have the power to make a difference. Here are a few tips: The appliance that uses the...
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