Farm, Ranch and Acreage Electrical
Farm, ranch and acreage owners often have specialized requirements for their property and operations. Whether you need a new structure wired or brought up to code, Bull Creek Electric can design and install electrical systems that meet your needs.
Barns, shops, and other agricultural and livestock buildings often require commercial and sometimes industrial electrical systems because they use high voltage components. Commercial and industrial electrical education and experience is specialized, and residential electricians are typically not qualified to complete this type of work. Farm, ranch and acreage owners should be aware of these important differences in skills because there is serious risk of injury or death and damage to property if high voltage components are installed incorrectly.
Commonly, farm ranch and acreage work involves installing specific equipment, wiring breaker panels, transformers, generators, lighting and heating. Read on to learn about common farm, ranch and acreage electrical projects. If you have something else in mind, contact us.
Barns and Shop Wiring
Barn and shop lighting and electrical systems should be designed for their use. Structures that house livestock, machinery and equipment, and structures that are used for business operations could have very lighting and different electrical systems. These differences are important for property and business owners.
Let us help you develop or improve your lighting and electrical system, whether it's a new build or renovation to an existing structure.
Container or Storage Units
Shipping containers are popular for small storage solutions on rural properties. Clients commonly want to add lighting to these units, but they can also be wired to run a range of appliances.
Contact us to discuss your shipping container lighting or conversion needs.
Livestock Waterers
Most farms and ranches have automatic livestock waterers, and many of these units are heated electrically. Improper installation of electrically heated automatic waterers can cause property damage, and animal electrocutions. Bull Creek Electric will ensure correct grounding and bonding for safe farm and ranch operations.
Depending on the Land Use Bylaws, rural counties served by Bull Creek Electric may require permits for new electrical installations and extensions to existing installations. Permit requirements depend on the property type and the planned improvements. Bull Creek Electric can help you understand and pull the correct permits.
Yard Lighting
Depending on the size of your property and your needs, a variety of lighting solutions are possible.
Larger agricultural operations will benefit from lighting system designs and management that focus on energy efficiency. We can design and install new lighting systems, and make improvements to existing systems to improve energy efficiency. Upgrading lighting fixtures, and replacing older lamps with energy-efficient lamps (LED) can reduce energy consumption and costs. These simple changes can also improve lighting quality. Motion detectors, photo sensors and timers can all help achieve adequate yard lighting while managing energy costs.
Depending on its size, acreage owners might want to plan yard lighting and landscape lighting together to achieve your vision for the property.
Bull Creek Electric can work with owners of acreages, farms and ranches of all sizes and operations to plan and execute yard and landscape lighting systems to meet your needs.
Backup Generator Installation
If an interruption to the power supply to your home, business, or farm operation could have huge consequences - like loss of income or security - you might benefit from an emergency backup generator.
If you live in Alberta, you know that both summer and winter storms can cause fluctuations or loss of power that could cost your business. No matter the size of your business or, a backup generator could be an essential piece of equipment to keep your operations moving without disruptions.
Bull Creek Electric can select and install a unit based on your power needs when an outage is detected.
