Back in 2009, I wrote a blog post giving some basic information on how to fix ungrounded three-prong outlets. The information in that post is still mostly applicable today, but there are few ...

Q: As a fellow home inspector, I think you go overboard with electrical issues, such as ungrounded two-prong outlets in old homes. Ungrounded outlets should not be reported as a defect unless found in ...

Most of the time, we don't pay much attention to our electrical outlets. However, there are a few situations where they can present frustrating problems. In older homes with knob and tube wiring (a ...

Hi all.<BR><BR>The wife got to purchase furniture last night, and in return, I get to start my home theater.<BR><BR>So after purchasing a powerbar from Ultimate Electronics, (the rest wont be ...

Q: We recently purchased a 50-year-old home, and no one mentioned the 2-prong, ungrounded outlets. They weren't disclosed by the sellers, and our home inspector didn't list them in his report. Shouldn ...

Electrical outlets and switches are so ordinary that you barely notice them until something goes wrong. Yet the earliest ...