Your electric panel is Command Central for the electrical system in your home. From there, power may be turned on and off and sent to outlets throughout your residence. Also known as a breaker box, ...

A 240-volt service powers heavy-duty appliances like ovens, air conditioners, water heaters and electric dryers. If something goes wrong in that panel, it may cause those systems to fail, damage the ...

LUMBERTON, Texas — It's been a week since a woman, her husband and dog escaped a Lumberton house fire, which ultimately destroyed the home. The Lumberton Fire Department was called to the 1200 block ...

IN THE future, homes will use electricity much more sensibly than they do now: turning the lights off automatically when no one is around; adjusting the heating regularly to suit a householder’s daily ...

A 6-year-old boy was electrocuted outside his home in Weatherford on the Fourth of July. Edwin Diaz died at the hospital at 12:42 p.m. on Thursday in the 140 block of Oak Crest Drive, according to ...

A circuit breaker at Guam Memorial Hospital failed to operate properly last Friday and burned out, according to the Guam Power Authority. The power agency plans to prepare a report on the incident, in ...

MANCHESTER — First responders took to social media Wednesday night to ask the public’s help to identify law-breakers pulling old-fashioned alarm boxes. Police said several nights over the past week ...

You work for an electrical services firm and have been sent out on a job for a first-time client. It's an office building, and you meet with the HR manager who doubles as the facilities manager. The ...