你应该在厨房或浴室安装什么样的电插座？答案是GFCI插座或接地故障电路中断出口。一个GFCI（或GFI）插座应安装在用电可能出现在与水接触的地方;如厨房，浴室，洗衣房，车库，或外部空间。基本上，GFCI出口将感应电时会通过一个人的身体和冲击交付前，将关闭。安装这种类型的出口仅比安装一个标准的三管齐下的插座稍微复杂一些。加入在家通道的主机，杰夫·威尔逊，关于如何安装漏电开关的电源插座的教程。
<强>电弧故障电路断续器（ACFIs）去激励电路在检测到电弧故障时，防止过热和可能的燃烧。ACFIs加强安全在任何家庭，并且需要一些新的建筑，由国家不同。 在过去的十年左右，约电弧故障电路中断，并在住宅建设其所需使用的讨论官员，机构，企业和相关建筑行业个体之间已经炸开了锅。Change can be difficult but “only the wisest and stupidest of men never change," as Confucius said. Change has occurred consistently in residential electrical systems since Thomas Edison unveiled the first electric light on New Year’s Eve, 1879. Knob and tube, cloth-braided, PVC-jacketed, two wire then three wire, fuses then breakers… the list goes on and on. Change happens. Most of that change can be attributed to our steadily increasing understanding of electricity since we were first electrified. With its increasing use in our homes, and the considerations of inhabitants’ safety and the prevention of property damage, it is not surprising that regulations have continued to change. So why do we resist? We should expect change and grow with it, particularly when it is in the interest of our own safety and can prevent the loss of property.
在国家电气规范（NEC）限定的的配电板 为” 设计了一种单面板或一组板单元用于组装在一个单一的面板，包括公共汽车和自动过电流装置的形式，并配备有或没有的光，热，或电源电路的控制开关;设计成放置在放置在或靠在机柜或切口框壁或分区;以及只有从前端访问”（第100定义） 。