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Lighting pictures is a great way to accentuate the color and detail of your artwork. Many homeowners are victims of the myth that natural sunlight is the best way to illuminate pictures. Nothing could be further from the truth. Ultraviolet and Infrared radiation from the sun can damage your artwork and turn a picture lighting project into a complete disaster. Insufficient light fixtures do not make up for this problem. Many bulbs produce ultraviolet radiation and can produce the same type of damage that would occur if you left your pictures hanging under natural sunlight. At Grimaldi Electric, we recommend that you get quality picture lights that are safe for your art work.

One Method of illuminating your artwork is with recessed lighting. Pin lights with MR 16 bulbs or recessed fixtures with gimbal and eyeball trims are frequently used to accomplish this. Most art galleries, consultants, and homeowners tend to use surface mounted lights. These lights are cord and plug connected and attached to the frame of the artwork. Our Electricians place the receptacle behind your painting, hiding any unsightly cords. We also like to install a switch, making it simple to control the outlet for your frame mounted picture light. Picture Lighting brings life to your artwork and adds a touch of soft brilliance to your home environment. Let Grimaldi Electric add life to your New Jersey home.

At Grimaldi Electric, we see a lot of bathrooms with inadequate lighting; often there is just a single ceiling fixture illuminating the entire room. As the bathroom increasingly becomes a place to relax and recharge, complete with a steam shower and spa tub, the lighting requires extra thought. And when it's done right, the payoff is great. A good bath lighting plan is a series of layers — placing ample light where it is needed for showers, shaving, or putting on makeup, while other light sources enhance the overall mood of the room. Vanity lighting gets top consideration because these fixtures work the hardest to illuminate the head and face for grooming. The most common mistake people make is putting recessed ceiling fixtures directly over the mirror. These cast shadows on the face, making daily grooming more difficult.

Bathroom Sconces

Shower Lighting

Bathroom Lighting Dimmers

Bathroom Ventilation

Electrical Safety

Whether you're building a new home or renovating an old home, recessed lighting can be a key element in both the function, comfort and style of the space.

Here are some basic tips when considering having recessed lighting installed in your home:

Currently LED is The best choice when installing recessed lighting:

At Grimaldi Electric, we want to help you with that electrical project you're considering in your New Jersey home. When starting a project, there are many code requirements, lighting design issues, and general electrical questions that need to be addressed. If you're installing a new kitchen, renovating your bathroom, or finishing your basement, let us help you to make it safe and functional. Lighting adds ambiance and is one of the most important design aspects in making any space comfortable. We look foward to assisting you with electrical solutions for all of your home remodeling and renovation projects These are a sample of projects with which we have helped our customers :

At Grimaldi Electric, our Professional Electricians can handle all your Electrical Trouble Shooting and Electrical repairs.

Do you have a GFCI outlet that is not resetting? Are your lights flickering or dimming in an area of your home? Do you have an outlet not working or working intermittently? Are you blowing fuses? Do you have a problem electrical circuit breaker that keeps tripping? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then let the electrical troubleshooting experts at Grimaldi Electric of Monmouth County work to fix all your electrical problems.

At Grimaldi Electric, we have years of experience with troubleshooting electrical switches, electric plugs (outlets or receptacles), lights, electric wires, ceiling fans, appliance circuits, dimmers, and electrical equipment connections. Our courteous electricians will safely troubleshoot and repair all of your electrical problems.

Electrical problems occur for many reasons: poor installation, outdated and old equipment, high use areas, etc. Avoid homemade, potentially unsafe do-it-yourself repairs. Proper electrical wiring must be done by a licensed electrical contractor, since faulty electrical wiring can cause unpredictable damage, including fire. Call Grimaldi Electric today for all your electrical troubleshooting and electrical repair needs! Electrical troubleshooting is just one of the many electrical services we offer.

Don't have enough power in your home? Maybe it's due to your undersized electrical panel. We can replace your 50 amp, 70 amp, and even 100 amp outdated electrical service panel or fuse box with a new 100 amp, 150 amp or 200 amp service panel. An electric panel upgrade or Service Upgrade is an upgrade from your homes existing electrical panel. With all the new appliances, hot tubs, pools and other electrical devices we now have in our New Jersey homes, we find that older homes might not have sufficient power available to handle the increased demand.

Therefore, a "service change" is required. This includes not only an upgrade in your electric panel but an upgrade in your meter socket, service entrance cable, electrical breakers, main ground, supplemental grounds, etc.

Federal Pacific Electrical Panels

In most homes, the kitchen reigns as the most-used room in the house. With not only cooking, but homework being done at the counter or table, reading and writing going on, and a host of other activities being performed. Consulting your electrician before and during the design of your kitchen project will help avoid some common problems and keep your project running smooth.

One of the most common lighting layout errors we see in the Monmouth County, New Jersey area is attempting to light your kitchen with one ceiling fixture mounted in the middle of your room. Many times a single light source becomes a glare any time you look into the kitchen, but more importantly you don’t get the light you need on your countertops. Every time you bend forward to do work on your countertops you are working in your own shadow. Another common design error is not planning for adequate wall space to locate your lighting controls. Many times a full height refrigerator end panel or a tall cabinet is placed too close to the entry, leaving no space to install switches and dimmers.

Task, Accent, Ambient and Decorative Lighting

Task Lighting

Accent Lighting

Ambient Lighting

Decorative Lighting

Grimaldi Electric of Red Bank, has installed lighting in countless kitchens throughout Monmouth County and New Jersey. Let us help you with your dream kitchen.

Holmdel Kitchen

This beautiful Holmdel, NJ kitchen has pendants, low voltage recessed fixtures, and low voltage halogen lights.

Smoke detectors are a wonderful tool to help keep your loved ones safe. Smoke Alarms need no maintenance other then cleaning off the dust and cobwebs, a monthly test, and changing the batteries. The batteries should be changed at least once a year. Here in Middletown, NJ, I have heard many fireman suggest changing the batteries in your smoke detectors when you adjust your clocks for daylight savings time.

This is a great way to remember to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon detectors twice a year. Studies have concluded that when working smoke detectors are present, the chance of dying from the fire is cut in half. However, it has also been estimated that a third of smoke alarms that are in place are not working due to worn out batteries. Many of the communities surrounding our Red Bank office require installing or upgrading your smoke system when you sell or expand your home. Please make sure your home has a smoke alarm system in place and that it is being maintained properly.

This might seem like a do it yourself job to some people at first glance but stop and think about the idea that a 25 pound metal and wood object will be suspended over your head for years, while spinning...maybe it's better to let a professional handle this? A ceiling fan requires specific hardware to be mounted properly, and because of the constant vibrations and motion, the wiring to the fan must be done right. With literally thousands of ceiling fan installations in Monmouth County under our belt, we can install a fan safely, in any part of your home. Your fan will likely be there for years to come, a professional installation is a good investment.

Speaking of investments, a ceiling fan will provide a great return by increasing your comfort in the hottest and coldest times of the year.

A common misconception is that ceiling fans lower the temperature in a room. Fans do not change the temperature in a room like air conditioners, fans only move air. In the summer, a fan's direction should be set so that air is blown downward. The breeze created by a ceiling fan make us feel cooler by speeding up the evaporation of perspiration on human skin. Since the fan works directly on the body, rather than by changing the temperature of the air, during the summer it is a waste of electricity to leave a ceiling fan on when no one is in a room.

In the winter, ceiling fans should be set to turn in the opposite direction and on a low speed. A ceiling fan, with its direction of rotation set so that air is pulled upward, draws up the colder air below, forcing the warmer air near the ceiling to move down to take its place, without blowing a stream of air directly on the people in the room. This action works to even out the temperature in the room, making it cooler nearer the ceiling, but warmer nearer the floor.

Here are some of the more typical ways we control the operation of ceiling fans for our customers

Pull Chain Ceiling Fan Controls

Wall Mounted Chain Ceiling Fan Controls

Wireless Ceiling Fan Remote Controls

When selling or buying a home you should be ready for the home inspection. Chances are good that prospective buyers are going to want your home thoroughly inspected by a professional home inspector on their behalf and corrections completed on all code violations. After all, buying a home is no small investment and most buyers want to make sure they are purchasing a sound investment.

Electrical violations are often the most common problems that arise during a professional New Jersey home inspection. Some of the more common electrical violations include:

You will need Grimaldi Electric, your licensed Monmouth County, New Jersey Electrical contractor to look into your home's electrical system to make sure everything is in order. Realize that a poor report from a professional home inspector can have a huge impact on the sale of your home. We recommend fixing the electrical violations in your home immediately. The code violations are going to have to be fixed so why not make your home safer for yourself now and repair the violations that may scare away potential buyers in the future. Have our certified, licensed, and insured electrician inspect your home, do any repairs and bring your violations up to electrical code before you invite prospective buyers (and their home inspectors) in.

Call Grimaldi Electric, your Monmouth County electrical code violation repair experts today! (732) 747-2446