Electrical boxes being buried in insulation aren't specifically discussed in the NEC, so I turned to my second book, Electrical Inspections of Existing Dwellings, courtesy of the same folks at Code ...

Insulation failure is a leading cause of electrical fires and system downtime, often occurring silently before any visible signs appear. Regular insulation resistance testing helps detect early ...

Q: I had some wiring work in my attic and where the wires come together the electrician left the covers off several of the boxes. I then had insulation added to the attic and they placed flexible ...

You tidy a panel, bundle loose cables, or cram one more splice into a junction box, and the work looks sharper than what you started with. Yet that same “cleanup” can quietly push you out of ...