You don't need to be an electrician to understand the basics about how your home is wired. A general understanding of how cables and wires work is part of being a responsible homeowner, and our ...

If you have an older home, you may want to make sure that your electrical outlets are grounded. Grounding refers to the wire that runs from an outlet into the earth, inherently protecting homeowners ...

Home inspectors keep circling the same quiet defect inside electrical panels, and it is not a burned wire or a missing ...

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Here's what to look for, and how to fix what you find. Working on your own home is empowering, and it saves you money. Even ...

Hi All,<BR><BR>I wasn't sure what forum to post this in (it was a toss up between this and the Networking Matrix): hopefully, someone will be able to help me out.<BR><BR>I'm building an office in my ...

A friend who was buying an older house was concerned about electrical safety and asked for my opinion as an electrical engineer. All of the AC receptacles (also called outlets) in the house were the ...