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Electricity is crucial for the operation of most modern homes. It allows you to cook on electric stoves, store food in electric refrigerators, and use countless electrical devices, like computers or ...

Electrical outlets and switches are so ordinary that you barely notice them until something goes wrong. Yet the earliest ...