Seems just about every time we have a hard rain like last week, the circuit breaker in our hall bathroom kicks off. The circuit breaker is the one that doubles as an outlet. Obviously this should not ...

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 ...

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has released new recommendations for home builders and electrical contractors aimed at reducing nuisance tripping due to the use of ground fault ...

I have another house in the mountains that I recently inherited. I went there to check on it and there was water in the basement because the sump pump stopped. There was no power to the pump so I ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. My outside yard lights continue to trip the outside circuit breaker. Is this a problem with the lights? Usually, when I reset the ...

As temperatures heat up across the country, efforts by states, homebuilders, HVAC contractors, and others to sidestep a 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC ...

Q. Earlier this year we had a power outage at our 3 year old house. It only lasted for a few hours so we figured the food inside our freezer in the garage would be safe. The power came back on and we ...