Q: As a fellow home inspector, I think you go overboard with electrical issues, such as ungrounded two-prong outlets in old homes. Ungrounded outlets should not be reported as a defect unless found in ...

In my old post on fixing ungrounded outlets, I show how to use a two-lead tester to see if the electrical box is grounded. If the metal box is properly grounded, the most common way of grounding the ...

Although it's one of the most important aspects of electrical design and installation, grounding continues to be one of the least understood and most misinterpreted concepts in the industry. It's also ...

We use the term “ground” a lot, as a noun, as a verb, as a concept, and an answer to many design questions. And we should, since ground and grounding are important factors of almost every design. But ...

All Code references are based on the 2005 National Electrical Code. The grounding and bonding requirements in this column apply to solidly grounded systems that operate at not more than 600V, such as ...

Hi all.<BR><BR>The wife got to purchase furniture last night, and in return, I get to start my home theater.<BR><BR>So after purchasing a powerbar from Ultimate Electronics, (the rest wont be ...

Today's contestants are the Mexican Poop Man, Jeffy, and Dora. Who will get grounded, and who will get ungrounded?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Kids get grounded all the time. But here’s a ...