If you have an older home, you may want to make sure that your electrical outlets are grounded. Grounding refers to the wire that runs from an outlet into the earth, inherently protecting homeowners ...

I would first check to see if there is a ground wire in the box or not. After that I think it depends on the current wiring that you have, whether it's BX cable with metal boxes or romex with plastic ...

A friend who was buying an older house was concerned about electrical safety and asked for my opinion as an electrical engineer. All of the AC receptacles (also called outlets) in the house were the ...