Key Takeaways Upgrading your electrical panel prepares your home for modern appliances and reduces fire hazards. Installing Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs) in wet areas prevents ...

You might think that with all our modern technology and safety awareness, homes would have safe electrical systems by now.

This article is the first in a 12-part series on the differences between grounding and bonding. Article 250 provides requirements for the grounding and bonding of ...

Created to protect personnel from electric shock, GFCI-type operations now help protect equipment as well. • Ground-fault sensing now protects equipment as well as personnel. • The magnitude of ...

Do the myriad rules about grounding sometimes seem a bit too much to handle? Do grounding implementation problems sometimes leave you dazed and confused, with the correct solution seemingly a bit over ...

Ground fault protection is a cornerstone in ensuring the safety and operational reliability of modern power systems. Ground faults, which occur when an unintended electrical path connects a live ...

The security of many electrical devices depends today on the availability of an earthed mains outlet. We should remember that these are connected to the frame or to the metal housing of the equipment ...

The temporary current in the ground line, caused by a failing electrical component or interference from an external electrical source such as a thunderstorm. See ground. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

Albert Einstein once said: “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.” To mitigate the wildfire challenge, a utility must be both clever and wise. Southern California Edison (SCE) ...

Power systems today operate in an environment where reliability and safety must be maintained despite rising loads, expanding ...