Q. What are the NEC requirements for GFCI protection of branch circuit receptacles in dwelling units? A. Ground-fault circuit interruption protection, located in a readily accessible location, must be ...

A. Ground-fault circuit interruption for personnel must be provided as required in Sec. 210.8(A) through (D). The ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) device must ...

Homeowners who are comfortable swapping outlets or adding a new light often discover the hard way that the rules have shifted ...

You'd think installing a new vanity or swapping out a shower door would be straightforward, right? Well, here's the thing. What seems like a simple weekend bathroom upgrade can quickly turn into a ...

Identifying GFCI use with extension cords is one of the best and easiest steps when inspecting a job site for safety. Any construction work site is full of potentially dangerous situations. OSHA ...

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) announced that it has achieved the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) exemption of all outdoor HVAC equipment from the 2020 and 2023 ...

This catalog features Carling Technologies’ current line of GFCIs/ELCIs products, which offer maximum equipment protection against overload and short circuits. Carling’s Equipment leakage circuit ...

I have another house in the mountains that I recently inherited. I went there to check on it and there was water in the basement because the sump pump stopped. There was no power to the pump so I ...

What is this new circuit breaker, the Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI), and how is it better than the circuit breakers (CBs) we have? Let me tell you a little story. Recently, I was working in a ...

Any construction work site is full of potentially dangerous situations. OSHA regulations have been put in place to make construction sites as safe as possible. "Out of 4,251 worker fatalities in ...