If you've just moved into an older house, you may have realized some or all of the electrical outlets don't look like you're used to. If you have any two-prong outlets in your home, it's important to ...

I recently bought a new home and it still has many old 2 prong outlets (built in 1948). When I use a circuit tester it shows the outlets are grounded. As you would assume, due to the age of the home, ...

Close up image of an upside-down electrical outlet - Do Mi Nic/Shutterstock Sometimes there are funky elements in your home that can make you scratch your head and question the thought process behind ...

Not all quick fixes are safe fixes — and that’s especially true when it comes to outdated electrical wiring in old houses or apartments. Last October, the Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to ...

The apartment I will be moving into on Wednesday has three-prong receptacles in all the rooms. My GFI receptacle tester ($5 from the hardware store) tells me that most of these receptacles have an ...

Electrical outlets are likely among the most significant and overlooked devices in the common household. And, depending on where you are in the world, you may have a vastly different image pop in your ...

The Feb. 4 letter “Electrical Outlets and Code Changes,” which stated that two-prong outlets or receptacles need not be reported by a home inspector, misses a primary purpose of a home inspection.

Regarding the Jan. 28 Ask the Inspector response in “Older Electrical Outlets Were a Jolt”: I don’t think that two-prong outlets are a defect that must be listed by a home inspector. In a 50-year-old ...

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