Q: My new home is prewired for a ceiling fan, which I am finally ready to install. Are there any precautions I should take? A: You’ll be using a ladder, so I hope ...

The most expensive part of recessed lighting is rarely the fixture in your hand, it is the ceiling you have to fix when ...

Replacing a ceiling fan looks like a simple swap: old fixture down, new fan up. In reality, one hidden mistake can cause an ...

Chapter 3 of the Code is titled “Wiring Methods and Materials.” The first article in Chapter 3 is Art. 300, “Wiring Methods.” This article covers the general wiring methods for all wiring ...

Installing in-wall, or flush-mount, speakers in the wall or ceiling of a prewired home is a task easily performed by a homeowner. However, determining the location of the home's prewiring requires ...

We begin Part 2 of this three-part series by continuing our discussion of the requirements for securing and supporting raceway and other parts of electrical systems. The NEC requires raceways, cable ...

Dear James: My husband bought a ceiling fan last summer, and it is still in the box. I am going to have to put it up myself at a light fixture. Are there any things to pay extra close attention to? - ...

TINLEY PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panduit Corp., a leading global provider of network infrastructure solutions, announced today that they have received UL 2043 certification for a family of surface ...

Some fire alarm installation tools are so common that they hardly merit discussion. We all have ladders, screwdrivers, and cordless drills; however, there’s another category of tools that can ...

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