Wall outlets might not steal the spotlight when it comes to smart home upgrades, but they're more important (and more advanced) than ever. As our homes fill up with devices, from phones and tablets to ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

If you have an old house with dated electrical outlets, you know they weren't designed to meet the demands of today's appliances. They're also dangerous, because they're seldom grounded. It takes a ...

Electrical outlets are likely among the most significant and overlooked devices in the common household. And, depending on where you are in the world, you may have a vastly different image pop in your ...

One of life’s little annoyances is when you find an electrical outlet not working. But annoying as it may be, a non-functioning electrical outlet is actually fairly simple to deal with. Troubleshoot ...