They’re inexpensive and easy to use, and they help keep you safe when doing DIY electrical work. Solution: Test. Use. Verify. First, test the tester by holding it to a known live circuit, like a ...

Use the same techniques to terminate wires to receptacles as you did for switches: Strip off the insulation, make a hook or slide into a clamp, and tighten. The terminations will be different, though.

High voltage is no joke, but you don’t need special electrical knowhow or skills to safely replace your light switch or ...

The apartment I will be moving into on Wednesday has three-prong receptacles in all the rooms. My GFI receptacle tester ($5 from the hardware store) tells me that most of these receptacles have an ...