Articles about Outlets

We recently discovered that all electrical outlets in the 2 1/2 bathrooms in our house are not working…

My 20 amp breaker which serves 7 wall outlets continues to trip without any reason…

I was wondering if I could just run a jumper from the neutral at each receptacle to the ground terminal…

It is unlikely that your breaker is burnt, especially if the problem is isolated to only one wall. Chances are that there is a….

My dryer has a 4 prong plug, but the receptacle in my house has a 3 prong plug.

Question: I have a 120 volt buffer that draws 12 amps and is rated at 1500 rpm and is dc rectified.

Question: I have two outlets that do not work. When I test them with a volt meter I get the meter to light if I touch the black wire to the box but not when I touch it to the white wire.

Question: We have 2 floors in our house. Everything on the main floor is working fine. Upstairs, only the light switches will work. None of the outlets are working. We tried re-starting all the breakers for the house with no luck.

The new electrical code calls for a 4-wire plug for dryers.