Home Wiring 101~ Electrical Basics For Homeowners ~

Electricity "The Spark Of Life" Your home electrical system provides, energy to heat or cool your home, cook meals, drive power tools and perform many other useful functions. Residential lighting provides comfort and security, on the darkest of nights. Used safely and wisely, electricity will continue to enrich our lives...

Welcome to Sparkie's Home Wiring 101. A easy to follow, electrical wiring resource, for the everyday "Do It Yourself'er" and weekend project dominator alike. Covering basic electrical concepts, practices and DIY projects. And by breaking projects down, into step by step tutorials, you too can wire that switch.....and MORE!

Electrical Basics ~ How Does A Switch Work? The "switch", we use them daily, to turn on and off lights or dispose of last night's dinner. A simple, yet powerful device, capable of controlling any situation, with just the flip of a switch....

Electrical Basics ~ Residential Wiring Diagrams... Keeping in mind that the "source" is both, the startingpointand the return point of an electrical circuit, you can use that knowledge to map any wiring situation. Below, we'll go through the more common wiring scenarios that a homeowner may run into...

Electrical Basics ~The GFCI : Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter The Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter or GFCI, senses any leakage or loss of current, on a electrical circuit, that may be flowing through a person. When the GFCI detects a loss, it ...

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