Welcome to Ask A Tech from F.H. Furr, where local homeowners get their questions answered. Recently a customer asked if regular electrical check-ups are a good idea. This is an excellent question ...

What is the purpose of a residential electrical inspection? The inspection is designed to verify that your installation meets minimum requirements for electrical safety, according to current codes. In ...

Home inspectors keep circling the same problem in their reports: improvised electrical work that looks clever at first glance ...

Electricity is one of those things in your home you probably don’t think about maintaining until something goes wrong. And indeed, with no moving parts, the electrical infrastructure of your home can ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has two new standards in the works related to electrical inspections and the inspectors who perform them. The NFPA Technical Committee on Electrical ...

My step father is not a certified electrician but he has experience working with electrical systems (he installs HVAC units professionally) and he has volunteered to replace our main breaker ...

Victoria mandates post-install solar and battery inspections. Elsewhere relies on sampling. Electrical safety should not ...

Home inspectors have a polite way of saying “this could fail on you any day now.” They call key systems “at or near the end ...