If you have the walls opened up for remodeling or putting on an addition, these three boxes cover about 99 percent of your needs. The purpose of electrical boxes Wiring connections—where wires join an ...

You should always buy the best electrical boxes for your DIY wiring projects. Metal models are generally more expensive than plastic, and if you ask four electricians whether the former are better ...

Article 314 contains installation requirements for outlet and pull boxes, junction boxes, conduit bodies, and handhole enclosures. These rules can seem arbitrary, but there really is logic behind them ...

Q: I had some wiring work in my attic and where the wires come together the electrician left the covers off several of the boxes. I then had insulation added to the attic and they placed flexible ...

For many, wiring is one of the most intimidating aspects of a restoration or project upgrade. Most mechanical repairs and aspects of a restoration are what we’d term “nut-and-bolt” work, meaning that, ...

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 ...