Nuisance shocking — the unpleasant sensation that a person or animal can experience when they inadvertently get between an electrically energized point and ground — can be something of a mystery.

A friend who was buying an older house was concerned about electrical safety and asked for my opinion as an electrical engineer. All of the AC receptacles (also called outlets) in the house were the ...

The neutral conductor is typically the grounded conductor connected to the system's neutral point, carrying current under normal operation. Grounding electrode conductors must be connected at ...