There's a surprisingly wide selection of electrical outlets available to homeowners, so let's explore the seven most common ...

Q: As a fellow home inspector, I think you go overboard with electrical issues, such as ungrounded two-prong outlets in old homes. Ungrounded outlets should not be reported as a defect unless found ...

Q: When I plugged my cell phone charger into a kitchen outlet, my phone didn’t start charging—the electrical outlet was not ...

Although old two-prong wiring ... for a stray key to enter the outlet and cause an electrocution. The electrical code has required tamper-resistant outlets in new homes since 2008, so they might ...