“A working circuit breaker prevents power surges, keeps electricity flowing consistently and protects your home from fires.” If you own your own home, you’ve probably reset a “tripped ...

Firefighters were dispatched to a report of a house fire on Kinder Trail Tuesday night. The call came in around 8:30 p.m. ...

Usually, you can easily see which circuit breaker has “tripped,” or turned off, by just looking at the position of the switches. However, the circuit breaker needs to be pushed back into the ...

Arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCI) are special circuit breakers that listen for this noise in the power line and trip when they hear it. The problem is that they can be so sensitive that they ...

We've now tripped the so-called circuit breakers two times in four days. On Monday, March 9, the S&P 500 fell 7% within minutes of the open, triggering a market-wide trading halt for the first ...

Overloaded circuits are a common cause of fires in homes and vehicles, but they can be prevented. Learn safety tips to ...

As Central Pennsylvania endures a blast of arctic air this week, power companies are working hard to restore electricity to those affected by outages.