Q: Every few hours—sometimes minutes!—my living room and one side of my kitchen lose electrical power. I’ll check the breaker panel and, sure enough, a circuit breaker has tripped…again. Should I call ...

Anyone without an electrical engineering or computer science degree may look at modern marvels of technology like their laptops, televisions, or home appliances as magic boxes that are simply useful ...

It happens to everyone: tripped electrical breakers. Learn how to avoid this common problem. If you have ever plugged in your hairdryer, toaster oven or space heater only to be engulfed in darkness, ...

When a breaker trips (shuts off), it’s usually because too many things were running on one circuit at the same time and it got overloaded. So if you’re running one or more high-amperage appliances ...

Eskom power is cabled into a home via the circuit breaker. An electrical panel mounted within the home known as a circuit breaker is a safety mechanism that is designed to trip and switch off the ...

Though some residential electrical wiring troubleshooting can be done without the potential of shock to the do-it-yourselfer, some cannot. In either case, try to understand your electrical system ...

The United States' National Electrical Code (NEC) recently expanded Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI) requirements (see "Arc-Detecting Circuit Breakers Will See Wider Use" at ...

Q: I have a space heater that, every time I turn it on, causes the circuit to shut off almost immediately. Is there something wrong with the wiring in my house?-David L., Lexington, Ky. A: My first ...

Circuit breakers are designed to keep you and your family safe from fire, but one brand of breaker might not only fail to protect your family – it could actually cause a fire. “There’s thousands of ...