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 ...

Nobody looks forward to a power outage. After all, we rely on electricity to power appliances. And when there is a blackout, the situation can move from a minor to a stressful one quite easily. That ...

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Have you ever come across a system that has tripped its circuit breaker and thought, “Great, a nice, easy service call. I’ll just need to reset the breaker and be on my way.” Well, it rarely turns out ...

Wiring Problems: When an AFCI circuit breaker is installed, the wiring for that circuit needs to be done a little bit differently. When AFCI devices are first started being installed, it was common ...

If a motor isn't adequately protected, a short circuit will likely result in premature replacement. Then there's the problem of nuisance tripping upon initial start-up because the magnetic setting of ...

My friend's dad has some very strage problems with his PC. He took it to his ISP to have them diagnose an unrelated problem (software-related) several days ago. Ever since he plugged it back in at ...

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Unlike a conventional circuit breaker, which detects overloads and short circuits, an arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) uses advanced electronic technology to sense different arcing conditions.