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A close shot of an older General Electric watt-hour electric meter that measures electricity consumption using kilowatt-hours

Why Did My Electric Bill Go Up

My homemade circuit breaker finder kit, consisting of an ammeter, flasher buttons, pigtail light bulb sockets, and incandescent light bulbs

Find The Circuit Breaker

A close shot of a broken light bulb socket with a pull chain hanging by two electrical wires in an attic.

Repair Broken Attic Light

An electrical outlet with a burned slot on the face and a burned screw on the side.

Burned Electrical Outlet Causes

Close-up photo of the electrical wiring connections on a ceiling hung light fixture.

Why Are My Lights Flickering

The interior of an active outdoor electrical panel with a white wire being used as one of the LINE conductors feeding the panel. The equipment grounding conductor is being used as a neutral which can cause phantom voltage.

Phantom Voltage

A Four-Way Switch Wiring Diagram depicting the LINE and the LOAD in two separate switch boxes. A two conductor cable with a grounding conductor supply's power from the source to the first three-way switch. From the first switch a three conductor cable goes to the first four-way switch and then to the next four-way switch and ends at the last three-way switch. The white neutral conductor is spliced through each switch box until it is connected to the white LOAD wire in the two conductor cable that goes to the lighting LOAD or ceiling fan. The black LOAD wire terminates on the 3-way switch common screw terminal. Travelers are connected on the 4-ways according to the manufacturers' instructions.

Four-Way Switch Diagrams

Aluminum wire terminated under two screws that have overheated

Aluminum Wiring

A new attic fan with thermostat wired remotely

Attic Fan Replacement

Kitchen Aid dishwasher control panel

Testing a Dishwasher Appliance for Power

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