by Judy Browne | Jun 23, 2014 | Back to Basics, Home Maintenance
Map Your Electrical Circuits Mapping the circuits in your home is done to verify or identify which circuit breaker in your service panel controls what branch circuit in your home. Follow the steps below:1. Sketch Your Breaker Box (Service...
by Judy Browne | Jun 23, 2014 | Back to Basics, Home Inspection
Residential Wiring – OverviewHow power reaches a home – Power plants produce large amounts of electricity. This electricity is transported to sub-stations throughout a region at a very high voltage. The electricity eventually reaches a transformer....
by Judy Browne | Apr 3, 2013 | Home Maintenance, Home Repair
“I have a switch at the top of my stairs and one at the bottom that are supposed to turn on an overhead light, but the switch at the bottom only works if the switch at the top is on, what is wrong?” At least one student in every one of my...
by Judy Browne | Nov 20, 2012 | Home Inspection, Home Maintenance, Plumbing
In the home inspection world any home built prior to 1960 is considered a ‘vintage’ home. Although building codes were being used as early as the 1920’s often enforcement was spotty and each individual city or town...
by Judy Browne | Apr 4, 2011 | Safety
4 Important things to consider before working with electrical devices outdoors.UL (Underwriters Laboratory) labelCheck your electrical devices and any extension cords for a UL label. The UL Mark means that representative samples of the cord have been tested for...
