So... long story short (or maybe longer)....<BR><BR>Last weekend wife decides she wants a ceiling fan in the living room. I agree it would make the room more ...

My house was built in the 50s, with wiring from that time period. I'm trying to understand how to connect a modern switch up in the place of an existing old one and it just isn't making sense to me. I ...

Modern Romex wiring has protective plastic insulation around each wire. This insulation is rated to 90 degrees Celsius. For those who don’t want to do the conversion, trust me, that’s hot. Hotter than ...

In houses built before 1990, inspectors keep circling back to one quiet but consequential problem: aging electrical systems that were never designed for today’s power-hungry lives. You might notice ...

Q We purchased our home in July 2005. The house is about 120 years old and in great shape, but there’s a ton of knob-and-tube wiring. Someone mentioned recently that homes must have most or all of it ...

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