Q: I went to use my hairdryer in the bathroom, but I discovered some of the outlets have stopped working. My GFCI test button won’t push in when I try to reset it, but nothing has tripped in the ...

When the lights finally flick back on after an outage, what you do in the next few minutes can decide whether your home stays ...

Circuit breakers, despite any techy magic happening beneath the surface, should be the most predictable things in the world. If they encounter a ground fault or an overcurrent/overload situation (or ...

An older couple taking a look at their circuit breaker box - Coldsnowstorm/Getty Images Circuit breakers can be frustrating. You're happily bopping through your day, perhaps craving an English Muffin, ...

Question: I was having trouble with a garbage disposal that was jammed and would not come on. I checked the breaker in the electric panel and it was off. I reset the breaker and it immediately went to ...