The Ting Smart Sensor quietly monitors your home wiring for potential hazards. Here's how it fared in my house.

Electrical hazards can strike without warning—whether from damaged wiring, overloaded circuits, wet environments, or improper ...

Ready to cross that electrical project off your to-do list? Understand wiring color codes so you can finish the job safely.

Electrical engineering is the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. In simple terms, it is about understanding how electricity works in order to use the knowledge ...

Churning with voltage and resembling an explosion at the wire factory, the breaker panel exudes mystique. But it's just a big switch, filled with other smaller ­switches, which lead to the switches ...

As the colder months set in, the danger of an electrical fire in the home rises. Experts agree there are a few key ways to ...

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have taken the term ‘green power’ literally by running an electric circuit from the power generated by trees. Sure, there isn’t much electrical power ...

For electricity to flow, everything needs to be connected in a big ring. It’s called a circuit. For example, the lights in most houses and flats are part of a circuit controlled by the consumer unit, ...

We all carry supercomputers in our pockets and use dozens of electric gizmos every day but rarely stop to marvel at the magical act of flicking a switch. Use your ordinary conducting and extraordinary ...