Taking on DIY projects around your home and garden can be incredibly rewarding. From building a new planter box to installing ...

Electricity flows silently behind walls, mostly invisible until something goes wrong. Most homeowners live their entire lives ...

Article 555 covers the installation of wiring and equipment for fixed or floating piers, wharfs, docking facilities, marinas, ...

When the lights go out, a portable generator can feel like a lifeline, but if you rush the startup, you can end up staring at ...

While standard receptacles typically use three wires -- hot, neutral and ground -- you'll occasionally find 2-prong outlets in older homes. Since this type of outlet lacks a ground connection, the ...

Every year, the residents of Taffy Lane light up their Orleans street with spectacular decorations on just about every house.

Circuit breakers are manual switches that open under overload conditions. Circuit breakers discussed here are general-purpose types that meet the minimum Underwriters' Laboratories Inc. (UL) standards ...

Abstract: When a single phase-to-ground (SPG) fault occurs in active distribution networks, over-voltage in healthy phases can potentially initiate a secondary SPG fault in other feeders. Existing ...

Abstract: Power delivery through medium-voltage direct current (MVDC) grids is becoming increasingly advantageous due to advancements in power electronics and the growing integration of DC sources and ...