Seeing photos of your home and appliances is an excellent way for our electrification specialists to help pinpoint the best path forward for your electrification projects.
Here's a list of helpful photos to guide our planning process. They're listed in priority order, in case your time is limited.
You can upload them in the photos section of your Home Profile. Or if you prefer, you can attach them in an email reply. Please use "high resolution" or "full size" if given a choice.
Most important:
- Your main electrical panel (the metal box with circuit breakers inside it); a close-up including the "service disconnect" or "main disconnect" breaker, and the number on the switch (often 100, 125, or 200); and one showing all the breakers, including labels. If you have multiple electrical panels, please take photos of all of them.
- Electrical subpanels: additional metal boxes with breakers that may be near your main panel, in a garage, or inside your home. Some homes do not have subpanels.
Other helpful photos:
- Water heater - wide shot showing the heater and pipes and vents around it, and a close-up shot showing the information plate (that lists the manufacturer, model, size, etc) - typically these are on the side of the water heater.
- Furnace - wide shot showing the furnace and some of the duct work around it.
- Air conditioner - If you have central air conditioning, please include a wide shot of the outdoor unit (big metal box with a fan in it - sometimes known as a compressor).
- Stove / oven / cooktop - wide shot(s) showing these items in your kitchen, as well as a "nameplate" photo (usually inside the oven door)
- Clothes dryer - wide shot showing your washer and dryer, as well as the dryer "nameplate" inside the door.
(Not all of these may apply to you - that's OK! Just send what makes sense, and if we realize that more photos are needed, we will let you know)