Home electrical systems seem straightforward until an inspector starts flagging dangerous installations hiding behind walls. What looks fine to the average homeowner can actually pose serious fire ...

Let's be honest here. Most homeowners think they can save a few bucks by tackling electrical projects themselves. I mean, ...

Oct. 3—AUSTIN — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) assessed $568,700 in penalties, secured $28,337 in market refunds, and required a $20,000 donation to a customer bill assistance program ...

EC&M reader Fred Bauer, a journeyman electrician with Hartery Construction, was kind enough to share this photo with us. He spotted this transfer switch installation in Hunter Mountain, N.Y. Using ...

In the dark basement of a duplex on North 19th Street in Milwaukee, Bruce Janczak shines his flashlight at an electrical service panel on the wall. “Touch that and you’ll go flying,” he says. The aged ...

These are bad times for the U.S. Postal Service. It's struggling mightily to stay afloat financially. Now, according to the Labor Department, it's also a place that can be electrifying -- literally.

See which of Russ LeBlanc's Moving Violations videos were the most-viewed of 2025 — your favorite one might be there. As the editors of EC&M look back on 2025, there's no question that the National ...

Milwaukee's most-impoverished neighborhoods have by far the highest number of building code violations, according to new data that elected officials hope opens the door to resurrecting an inspection ...