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Should Circuit Breakers Be Warm? How Can You Tell?

Perhaps you tripped a breaker, or you’re installing a new light fixture and need to turn off that circuit to hook it up. Whatever the reason, if you’ve opened up …

Should Circuit Breakers Be Loose? + 8 Things To Look Out For

Perhaps you were flipping a circuit breaker to do some electrical work, or it just needed to be reset, and in the process noticed the breaker you flipped felt a …

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