Q. My home was built in the 1950s, and I don’t have ground fault circuit interrupter outlets. Should I have them installed? A ground fault circuit interrupter, or GFCI, protects people and animals ...

Created to protect personnel from electric shock, GFCI-type operations now help protect equipment as well. • Ground-fault sensing now protects equipment as well as personnel. • The magnitude of ...

The 2002 NEC implemented new requirements to help reduce the number of electrical fires caused by parallel arc faults in branch circuit wiring. All branch circuits supplying bedrooms in single-family ...

Man looking at an open electrical panel in a home - Photoalto/eric Audras/Getty Images Imagine you're relaxing in your living room — the lights are on, the TV is streaming your current favorite show, ...

A pretty typical diagram for the grounding system for a house is shown here, along with a few of the current carrying conductors commonly called live and neutral. On the far left is the transformer ...

Residential electrical branch circuit breakers incorporate electronic and electrical technology in Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters that can turn off power to prevent fires if arcing occurs. This ...