Locate the circuit breaker or fuse that controls the outlet you plan to replace and shut off the power to the circuit. Plug a lamp, radio or the GFCI tester into the outlet to test for power and make ...

You may know in what situations the NEC requires you to install a ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), but do you know how it works? A GFCI is specifically ...

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 ...

What is ground-fault protection? The answer depends on whether you are talking about ground-fault protection of equipment or ground-fault protection of people. Just because ground-fault protection is ...

Boulder City Council pushed Tuesday for more density in a proposed redevelopment of Shining Mountain Waldorf School property. The inspection done yesterday on a Boulder condominium reminded me that ...

From the time they were introduced in 1973, ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs) have reduced the number of electrocutions by 83 percent, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation ...