Circuit breakers protect our homes by tripping and opening up the circuit to stop the flow of electricity if too much current flow is detected. Most circuit breakers have two separate mechanisms that each work in different situations to trip the breaker. These two mechanisms are a thermal trip and an electromagnetic trip.
Any water that collects underneath a home’s foundation is a significant problem. It doesn’t matter what the source of the water is (rain, sprinklers, plumbing leaks). Since this water is in an enclosed space, there is very little evaporation that occurs, so the water just accumulates.
If you are a home inspector or an electrician and are using one of the low-cost, three-light outlet testers to check electrical outlets, you could be missing a wiring problem that you should be aware of. These three-light outlet testers will NOT indicate a hot/neutral reverse situation if the outlet being tested is not grounded.
A bootleg ground, also called a false ground, is a situation that is created when a jumper wire is installed on an electrical receptacle between the ground screw and the neutral screw. (see photo) Installing this jumper is often done when a two-prong receptacle is replaced with a three-prong receptacle. When there are two-prong receptacles in the home, the home is often wired with a wiring system that only includes a hot and a neutral wire and not a ground wire.
If you have an oven that seems to burn things or doesn’t cook them enough, then it’s possible that your oven’s temperature is not adjusted correctly. This could be caused by various issues with your oven, but in many cases, your oven temperature can be adjusted very easily and at virtually no expense.
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