If you have a specific outlet in your house that appears to keep tripping your breaker, it can be incredibly frustrating. All you want to do is use your electronic devices, and if there is an outlet preventing you from doing so, you may be at your wit’s end. Fortunately, this is not necessarily something … Read more
If you are trying to figure out why your electrical devices are not working, you need to think about the power supply. If you lost the original supplier that goes with the device, you might be tempted to use another one that has the same place. Before you do so, you need to make sure … Read more
If you have purchased an older home, you may look around and notice that a lot of your outlets only have two prongs in them. A lot of people are very used to the outlets they have in their homes, so you may not even realize that your outlets only have two prongs until you … Read more
Have you ever opened a breaker panel and thought it looked about as neat as a bowl of colorful spaghetti? Mixed-up strands in a bowl of spaghetti are just what you want, but when it comes to a breaker panel, you want neat and safe. This will mean occasionally splicing and pigtailing wires in a … Read more
“Just run the cable along the joists.” I’ve heard this said many times. Everyone from DIYers to professional electricians looks for the quickest and easiest ways to finish a job safely, so when it comes to running wires in a ceiling, the joists are often the quickest and most natural places to do so. But … Read more
Being a grounded person is necessary for a happy life. Having a grounded house is necessary for a happy Building Inspector! And without so many words, your house will thank you too. You may have come across copper grounding rods that look elegant buried in the ground beside a house and then come across other … Read more
Maybe in your electrical DIY projects, you have come across a situation where you find a bunch of wires have been twisted together and connected to one wire. If you have, this is a pigtail. Don’t worry, they won’t start squealing, and nor will the smell of sizzling bacon start coming from your outlet, but … Read more
You may have heard the term ‘backstabbed’ used when referring to an electrical outlet, but please don’t think someone is trying to be funny or that the wires had a fight and went behind each other’s back to betray the other, it’s not that kind of back-stabbing. Backstabbing wires in an electrical outlet is serious … Read more
When it comes down to home wiring, copper and aluminum wires are both popular choices. Traditionally, aluminum wires were used for home wiring. Today, however, copper wiring is becoming more commonly used in home wiring. However, can you splice these different wires together? The National Electrical Code allows for the splicing of copper and aluminum … Read more
Where the wiring of your home is concerned, you want to ensure that everything is done properly and is done according to the codes set out in the National Electric Code. If you’re wondering about whether or not you can use wire nuts in your breaker panel, you’re in the right place! It is possible … Read more