Improve electrical safety in your home by grounding or replacing old two-prong ungrounded outlets. The post How to Ground an Ungrounded Outlet appeared first on Family Handyman.

Strip one-half inch of insulation from the ends of the wires and connect them — black to black, white to white and ground to ground — using a wire nut. At the new outlet, again strip the ...

Do a few of your power outlets around the house have a Reset button you don't understand? It's actually an important safety ...

Some outlets are installed upside down, but the three prongs still serve the same purpose.Other outlets — especially older ones — only have two slots and can only fit two-prong plugs. Some ...

A 2-prong outlet has a hot wire and a neutral wire, but a 3-prong outlet also has a ground wire. These outlets are necessary for small appliances and any tech with metal parts and are designed to ...

While standard receptacles typically use three wires -- hot, neutral and ground -- you'll occasionally find 2-prong outlets in older homes. Since this type of outlet lacks a ground connection, the ...

Installing electrical outlets and switches is neither intuitive nor angst-free. It takes intense concentration, knowing which wires go where and how tightly to wrap them, and remaining hyper ...