An outdoor light fixture with Christmas lights wrapped around it and plugged into the light bulb socket and energized

Holiday Safety Tips

An eight foot driven ground rod with an acorn style ground rod clamp and number four copper wire for lightning protection

Grounding Electrode System

A main electric disconnect switch connected to nine electric meters attached to the side of a residential building. The disconnect switch is labeled Emergency Disconnect, Service Disconnect, Meter Disconnect.

Emergency Disconnect Sticker

An example of a swimming pool pump motor with a broken electrical conduit connection and no equipotential bonding. This has the possibility of causing electric shock drowning.

Electric Shock Drowning

An Intersystem Bonding Termination mounted on a shed. The Green Grounding Electrode Conductor passes through the Intersystem Bonding Termination on its way to the second ground rod.

Intersystem Bonding Termination

A side view of a roll of red underground electrical marking tape

Marking Tape

Three very old GFCI electrical receptacle outlets

Replace GFCI Electrical Receptacle

A Cutler-Hammer type CH residential electrical load center with spring clips being used to siphon off electrical power using a portable rubber cord

Clip Power

I found this one gang plastic nail-on box in the ceiling of a client's basement. It has a type AC (BX) metal armored cable and a non-metallic cable spliced together. The non-metallic cable has a grounding conductor. BX cable normally uses its metal armor outer jacket as the grounding conductor, but it must be connected properly. A BX cable should be spliced inside of a metal box so that the armor ground is carried over to the metal of the box by using the proper cable connector. If a plastic box is used it is necessary to attach a BX connector with a metal grounding bushing onto the BX cable. A grounding conductor is then connected to the lug on the grounding bushing. This electrical box should also have a blank plastic cover on it. This is clearly a naughty electrical code and safety violation.

Naughty Electrical Code and Safety Violations

A burned electrical outlet in a kitchen backsplash

Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters

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