Q: In the past you've written about special outlets for the garage. What should I install? I'm selling my house to my son and I want everything to be safe. A: Your question is timely because I ...

Q–My bathroom has a ground fault circuit interrupter outlet next to the sink, as required by law. However, we have a regular outlet on the outdoor patio next to the house, but this has no GFCI. I had ...

Do-it-yourselfers face special hazards of electrical shock during winter and spring, when damp conditions often exist inside and outside homes because of melting snow and frequent rains. The risk is ...

BOULDER – One of the most common issues found during a home inspection is missing GFCI receptacles or circuits. GFCI units are electrical outlets equipped with a ground fault sensor and a circuit ...

An additional circuit connected between the load side of a ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) and ground provides overvoltage protection against long-duration overvoltages, e.g., where the line ...

Do you ever test your ground fault interrupters? I asked my wife that question and she said, in a mystified tone, that she didn’t know she could. Properly called “ground fault circuit interrupters” or ...

Question: You talked about a ground fault circuit interrupter and that it's necessary in different places in the home. My home was built in the 1950s, and I don't ...

What is this new circuit breaker, the Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI), and how is it better than the circuit breakers (CBs) we have? Let me tell you a little story. Recently, I was working in a ...

BOULDER – One of the most common issues found during a home inspection is missing GFCI receptacles or circuits. GFCI units are electrical outlets equipped with a ground fault sensor and a circuit ...