Q. This week: The safety outlet in the kitchen of our 1940's Cape Cod house doesn't seem to be hooked up correctly. When we use the toaster and microwave oven at the same time the circuit breaker in ...

If your outlet has red and black buttons, it's likely in the kitchen, bathroom, or garage, and those buttons serve an ...

There could be a tragedy waiting to happen if you haven’t tested your home’s ground fault circuit interrupters recently. Commonly referred to as GFCIs, these are the electrical outlets you should have ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? What’s better, a GFCI outlet or a GFCI circuit breaker? BILL H., CASPER, WYOMING Both ...

They’re inexpensive and easy to use, and they help keep you safe when doing DIY electrical work. Solution: Test. Use. Verify. First, test the tester by holding it to a known live circuit, like a ...

Testing your 240V circuit breaker panels is also important to ensure all of the wiring going into the individual breakers has not become loose or broken. “It’s also good to look at it and just make ...

Nobody looks forward to a power outage. After all, we rely on electricity to power appliances. And when there is a blackout, the situation can move from a minor to a stressful one quite easily. That ...