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 ...

Electrical failures rarely arrive without warning. Long before a breaker trips or a fire starts, your outlets and circuits begin sending subtle signals that the system is under strain. If you learn to ...

When the lights go out in winter, you are not thinking in abstract kilowatts, you are thinking about food spoiling and rooms ...

For visitors to Maryland, Urban Outlet has become something of a tourist destination in its own right. Word of mouth has spread far beyond state lines, with out-of-state license plates increasingly ...

Tucked away in downtown Baltimore sits a shopping paradise that has Maryland residents setting their alarms, mapping routes, and clearing trunk space with religious devotion. Urban Outlet isn’t just ...

As of 3:30 p.m. Friday, 46,224 customers across all Michigan electric providers were without power, a U.S. power outage map ...