Buyers and renters are suddenly treating electrical grounding as a make‑or‑break detail, and inspectors are following their lead. What used to be a line item buried in a long report is now a focal ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In the old days, getting grounded was a bad thing. It meant hanging out alone in your room without any toys, television, or friends. Now, a ...

Go to Home Depot, they have a gadget that you plug into the socket and it has lights to indicate various faults with the line. Not too expensive IIRC... <$10.

Swapping a tired outlet for a modern one looks like the definition of minor home maintenance, the kind of task you handle between errands without a second thought. Yet that simple change can quietly ...

Courtesy of www.MikeHolt.com. This article is the ninth in a 12-part series on the differences between grounding and bonding. Chapter 4 [Equipment for General Use] helps you apply Art. 250 to ...