Churning with voltage and resembling an explosion at the wire factory, the breaker panel exudes mystique. But it's just a big switch, filled with other smaller ­switches, which lead to the switches ...

Brings unprecedented visibility into power consumption—and the ability to control it. Almost essential if you have a backup battery. 32-circuit limit means large homes won’t have perfect visibility.

Your electrical panel can provide a lot of essential and useful information. It is important to know how it works and how to find your way around its components. If you are unfamiliar with your panel ...

It's important to understand which circuit breakers control which areas of your home. This information is useful when doing electrical work and you need to isolate an area of your home to shut off the ...

Article 409 provides the minimum safety requirements for industrial control panels (What's an Industrial Control Panel? below). Because this section of the Code is only a couple of pages long, it ...

Terminal blocks, connectors/cordsets, and interface modules connect electrical and control panels to the outside world. Much of the focus of electrical and control panel designers is on selecting, ...