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 ...

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 ...

We’ve all had to deal with tripped circuit breakers. They’re annoying and happen at the worst times. As a licensed electrician, I’ve seen my fair share of breakers, tripped or otherwise. Circuit ...

When a breaker trips (shuts off), it’s usually because too many things were running on one circuit at the same time and it got overloaded. So if you’re running one or more high-amperage appliances ...

Nothing fills a person with dread quite like a misbehaving refrigerator, whether the appliance is humming but not cooling or has started mysteriously leaking water. Buying a new fridge is expensive, ...