Home electrical projects tend to focus on visible upgrades, from new fixtures to added outlets, while the quiet workhorse in ...

INDIANAPOLIS – In this Home Zone, ever need to shut off the electricity to a light or a receptacle, but it’s a guessing game once you get to the circuit breaker panel? For many, deciphering breaker ...

Your home’s electrical system probably looks the same from the outside after a repair or upgrade, but behind the metal door of your breaker box, something critical may be out of date. The panel ...

The tell-tale sound, flash of light, flames, and resulting smoke is the ultimate workplace nightmare: an arc flash incident. Something has gone wrong, and people and equipment are in danger. In ...

As noted in NFPA 70B, insulated-case and molded-case circuit breakers should be kept clean of external contamination (Comstock/Stockbyte/Thinkstock). Low-voltage ...

For many, deciphering circuit breaker labels is no fun because they are often incomplete or vague--so let's step into the Home Zone for a solution.