Carlos Lazen asks: How close to a cooktop an outlet can be install? Answer: The National Electrical Code® does not specify clearances from cooktops. A cooktop typically breaks up the counter space and you are required to have a receptacle within...

Well, I've joined the ranks of the many people unemployed across the U.S., I was laid off last Wednesday (12/31/08). Everyone thought something was up when the boss showed up on the jobsite a little before lunch. To my knowledge, this is the third...

On December 30, 2007 The Taunton Press, of Newtown, CT recalled approximately 64,000 Wiring a House, 3rd Edition and Wiring Complete, Expert Advice from Start to Finish Instructional Books. The books contain several errors in the technical diagrams...

With the world slowly moving to the much-dreaded energy crisis, it is important that we reduce our dependency on non-renewable sources of energy. Non-renewable sources being renewable are about to get extinct. Renewable energy solutions refer to...

John asks: My family lives in a 19-year old 3-story townhome with an attached common wall. Our next door neighbors moved out and new ones moved in a little over a year ago. A week after they moved in, all of the power on the third level (all...