While the number of residential fires has been significantly reduced over the last 20 years, the National Fire Protection Association reports there remain more than 45,000 fires related to electrical ...

Wherever circuits need protection against current overloads or short circuits, you’ll find circuit breakers. They range from fingernail-sized devices for semiconductor protection to truck-sized ...

A 240-volt service powers heavy-duty appliances like ovens, air conditioners, water heaters and electric dryers. If something goes wrong in that panel, it may cause those systems to fail, damage the ...

THE Electrical Research Association has recently reported an interesting development which has taken place in connexion with its programme of research on gas blast circuit breakers. Normally the ...