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 ...

Circuit breakers protect the electronics in your home. In the event of a power overload or a short, they "trip", which is to say, they turn themselves off, cutting off electricity to the affected area ...

When you plug something in at home, you expect the receptacle (aka outlet) to have power. If it doesn’t, you probably know to ...

Today's tip comes from a Houston electrical contractor. According to On-Time Electric, this is the right way to reset a circuit breaker: Firmly grasp and push the circuit breaker "handle" and push it ...

A 240-volt service powers heavy-duty appliances like ovens, air conditioners, water heaters and electric dryers. If something goes wrong in that panel, it may cause those systems to fail, damage the ...