by Scott | Jun 5, 2019 | Circuit Breaker, Circuit Breaker Problems, Circuit Breaker Repair, GFCI Breaker
Wondering how to tell if your house can pass an electrical inspection? One of the easiest things a homeowner can do is look around to check for adequate GFCI wiring. Ground-fault circuit interrupters are the outlets with reset buttons that you see in wet areas like...
by Scott | Feb 26, 2019 | Electric Repair, Electrical Problems, GFCI Breaker, residential electrical repair
Frustrated by a tripped GFCI breaker? Look on the bright side: it might be saving you from electrocution. Although it’s possible to have a defective or broken GFCI outlet that trips for no reason, it’s more likely that you have some other electrical repair to make. A...
by Scott | Jan 10, 2019 | GFCI Breaker, Local Electrician, residential electrical repair
A ground fault might sound like a tennis term, but it’s actually an extremely common electrical problem. Instead of flowing back to its source as it should, some amount of stray electrical charge is flowing to “ground.” Ground can be a metal outlet box, a screw,...
by Scott | Jun 29, 2018 | Electrical Repairs, Electrical Tips, GFCI Breaker, Local Electrician, residential electrical repair, Residential Electrician
People have gotten used to having a ground fault interrupter in kitchens, bathrooms, and outdoors. Every three years, when the newest National Electrical Code comes out, there’s usually a new location added to the list. For your own safety—and before you get a home...
by Scott | May 30, 2017 | Circuit Breaker, Circuit Breaker Problems, GFCI Breaker
As with most equipment and devices there is always the possibility of damage or malfunction taking place and a GFCI breaker is no exception. Although this device is responsible for detecting glitches or imbalances in the flow of electrical current there are several...
by Scott | Mar 1, 2016 | Electrical Problems, Electrical Repairs, Fuse, GFCI Breaker, Uncategorized
Today’s electrical systems are built with circuit breakers rather than fuse boxes. A fuse box installed in the last 60 or so years should be grounded, but even older ones may indeed have always been ungrounded. If your fuse box is ungrounded or the grounding wires...
