Residential

When I was an electrician, I tried to ensure the location and sequence of switches made sense, especially when there were several installed in one location. My goal was that...

Switching out circuit breakers or fuses in existing homes Care must be taken when replacing circuit breakers and fuses in existing services and panelboards at single- family, two-family and multifamily...

When I was doing fire and electrocution investigations, I received a phone call from an insurance company about a fire in a home the company insured. Upon arrival at the...

In the early 1950s, most 15- and 20-ampere receptacles in commercial buildings and residential dwelling units were ungrounded, two-prong receptacles supplied by branch circuits without an equipment grounding connection. In...

A few years ago, I received two phone calls regarding voltage gradients in swimming pools at existing homes in North Carolina. The pools had supposedly been installed using 680.26(A) and...