Outdoor electrical outlets or receptacles in your bathrooms or kitchen should be GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) protected. This type of circuit will prevent accidental death from electrical ...

A ground-fault circuit interrupter outlet provides safety for any power source located near water. Suppose you are considering remodeling an older house, and want to make sure the electrical wiring is ...

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) ...

Press the TEST button. You should hear an audible click, the light(s) should go off, and the RESET button will pop out slightly. This means the GFCI is doing its job and responding to a fault. Buttons ...

Have you ever heard people talking about "GFCI outlets" and wondered what sort of gobbledegook is coming out of their mouths, let alone whether it's relevant to you? If so, you're not alone: many ...

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. Before we listed our house for sale, we hired a home inspector because we wanted to provide full disclosure to all prospective buyers. Now we have a buyer who is disputing the inspection report ...

The majority of electrical outlets in your home look more or less the same: two outlets, three holes in slightly different shapes to insert up to three prongs and deliver electricity. Some outlets ...

Q: I went to use my hairdryer in the bathroom, but I discovered some of the outlets have stopped working. My GFCI test button won’t push in when I try to reset it, but nothing has tripped in the ...

While standard receptacles typically use three wires -- hot, neutral and ground -- you'll occasionally find 2-prong outlets in older homes. Since this type of outlet lacks a ground connection, the ...