When a circuit is pushed past its limits, it rarely fails politely. It signals trouble through tripped breakers, hot outlets, ...

LAFAYETTE PARISH — Overloaded electrical circuits are a major cause of fires in homes and vehicles, but with the right precautions, they can often be prevented. The Louisiana Office of State Fire ...

CHICAGO — With the holiday season in full swing, lights and decorations are appearing on homes and businesses across Chicagoland. But without careful planning, the added electrical load could increase ...

When we do an infrared inspection along with a home inspection, one of the extra things we do is to go around the house and turn on everything that's built into the home that uses electricity, to help ...

Power strips are handy for turning one outlet into many. They seem like a simple solution for managing all the electronics in ...

For most people today, the lines between work and play, as well as the hours we allocate to each, have become blurred beyond recognition. Many find themselves burning the midnight oil at home juggling ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What risks come with plugging too many devices into your home’s wiring? A recent HelloNation article featuring Jeremy Barnes of JMB Electrical ...

CATEGORY. THE DEADLY FIRES BEING BLAMED ON AN OVERLOADED CIRCUIT AND YORK’S FIRE CHIEF THINKS TOO MANY APPLIANCES WERE PLUGGED INTO ONE CIRCUIT, OVERLOADING THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT LIKE THAT IS ...

Q: Every few hours—sometimes minutes!—my living room and one side of my kitchen lose electrical power. I’ll check the breaker panel and, sure enough, a circuit breaker has tripped…again. Should I call ...

A Friday night house fire in Mexico, Missouri, was likely caused by an overloaded electrical circuit, according to a news ...

We’ve all used splitters and power strips to plug multiple items into a single receptacle, and while this can overload the circuit or damage the receptacle, it doesn’t reduce the amount of current ...