Wire color codes are essential for safely matching electrical wires to their correct terminals, reducing errors, and recalling existing wiring setups. Color coding is crucial for distinguishing ...

The light switch in our bathroom bit the dust. In the process of swapping it out I discovered that the old switch was not grounded. There is a bundle of ground wires in the back of the plastic switch ...

The unstable economy is causing people to take some drastic actions. And some incredibly dangerous ones as well. None more so than snipping the copper grounding wires off utility poles. The grounding ...

It’s no secret that the electric company, phone company, and cable TV company all frequently share space on the same utility poles. National Electric Safety Code (NESC) rules control the location and ...

Transmission power lines, power underground, transmission power line ground wires. There is, of course, the huge cost in implementing this type of change, but “selective” burying of underground lines ...

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 ...