Circuit breaker keeps tripping? Don't just reset and forget. Circuit breakers protect your home and family, so fix that situation with these tips.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. Circuit breakers, breaker panels, breaker boxes, fuse boxes—no matter ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Need to replace a circuit breaker? Ace ...

Q: We are selling our house, and the new buyers had a home inspector check it out. One of the items he found was in the main electrical panel. He said there are two wires attached to one breaker and ...

Churning with voltage and resembling an explosion at the wire factory, the breaker panel exudes mystique. But it's just a big switch, filled with other smaller ­switches, which lead to the switches ...

Last night I noticed that none of the lights or outlets in the master bedroom and bathroom had any power anymore, and checked the breaker panel. Nothing was tripped, but I cycled all the breakers ...

Testing your 240V circuit breaker panels is also important to ensure all of the wiring going into the individual breakers has not become loose or broken. “It’s also good to look at it and just make ...