There are many variables to take into account when inspecting a main electrical service panel. The number one priority of any inspector is to be safe while doing it. “Safety first” is my personal ...

100 amps: In an older home that has an electrical panel with only 60 to 80 amps, an upgrade may be needed to power a modern home; 100 amps is typically considered the minimum amount of amps a home ...

When you open up walls for a remodel, you often expose the one system you rarely think about until it fails: the electrical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In essence, the electrical load applies to anything that consumes electricity. In your home, it refers to the amount of energy ...

Dear Jerry: I always enjoy reading your columns but I don’t recall ever having seen this issue addressed and so I thought I’d drop you a note. As a professional electrical contractor I see all kinds ...

Aging electrical systems rarely fail all at once. They telegraph trouble in small, specific ways that trained eyes pick up ...

Q. We're in the process of selling our house. An offer was made last week and the buyers had a home inspection done. The inspection said there was a problem inside the main fuse box in the house, ...

Q: We bought our house two months ago, and our home inspector said the electric service panel needed upgrade. The sellers hired an electrician to install a new 100-amp panel, and our agent led us to ...