Residential

As an electrical contractor in the 1970s and 1980s, I received intriguing phone calls from homeowners and commercial customers with strange electrical problems. I could troubleshoot some of these issues...

A two-story home can be a dream come true when a family is young but could become a nightmare as family members age and the owners reach their 70s and...

Utilities have taken on climate change in a number of different ways. In Sacramento, Calif., the local utility has gone all electric. Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) All-Electric Smart Home...

In the past few weeks, I have been involved with two separate installations where aluminum branch circuits were used in dwelling units. One was a single-family dwelling, and the other...

A friend who had just purchased a 10-year-old house asked me whether he and his wife should spend money to have his electrical contractor install all the newest safety devices....