So I just picked up an outdoor-rated fan for my patio to help keep the mosquitoes from pestering us and cool down a bit. Nice, powerful fan (albeit a bit loud). That said, upon opening the box I a ...

Few things are more convenient than an in-wall smart outlet when you want to turn a lamp or small appliance on and off, and the devices have been around almost as long as smart switches. But you haven ...

Many a homeowner has had the experience of losing power halfway through a morning shave or blow-dry. A quick run to the breaker panel to see what happened doesn’t help at all. None of the breakers ...

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 ...

Ground-fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) limit the available shock current to personnel by sensing current flow in the neutral and interrupting the circuit at a predetermined value (typically 6mA) ...