Q: I had some wiring work in my attic and where the wires come together the electrician left the covers off several of the boxes. I then had insulation added to the attic and they placed flexible ...

Home inspectors keep circling the same problem in their reports: improvised electrical work that looks clever at first glance ...

Q: I had some wiring work in my attic, and where the wires come together the electrician left the covers off several of the boxes. I then had insulation added to the attic, and they placed flexible ...

You should always buy the best electrical boxes for your DIY wiring projects. Metal models are generally more expensive than plastic, and if you ask four electricians whether the former are better ...

Fig. 1: Heat from loose wiring connections points to the source of the failure. The blackened plug is a clue. One of the many maintenance actions we’ve emphasized over the years is that of creating ...