An electrical panel contains many circuit breakers that help manage the flow of electricity in your home. Among these, the main circuit breaker, often centrally located in the panel, plays the primary ...

Your circuit breakers are some of the most important but least understood parts of your home's electrical system, keeping you safe from electrical fires. Let's take a look at how they work.

The tell-tale sound, flash of light, flames, and resulting smoke is the ultimate workplace nightmare: an arc flash incident. Something has gone wrong, and people and equipment are in danger. In ...

Circuit breakers now sport advanced features that include remote control and operational status reporting. Engineers have long considered circuit protection a stable if somewhat unglamorous area.

To make something work using electricity there needs to be an electrical circuit; a circuit is a complete loop that electricity can move around. Electricity moves from the power source (the battery or ...

Circuit breakers, despite any techy magic happening beneath the surface, should be the most predictable things in the world.

DIY home improvement projects can be satisfying and budget-friendly, but electrical work carries unique risks. When you take ...

In a circuit panel, every circuit must be identified as to its specific purpose or use [as per Sec. 408.4(A) of the National Electrical Code]. This identification must be made: In a circuit directory ...

In a few months, Colorado Springs Utilities' $130 million expansion of the Kelker Substation will begin replacing some of the ...