First on the electrical wire color code is black. “Black wires are most used as ‘hot’ wires in residential systems,” says master electrician Allyson Saling with Frontdoor home services app.

Electrical wires can be hot, neutral, or ground, and has a corresponding color to denote this. The most common colors you'll ...

You've undoubtedly seen them before — black cables placed in a straight line across the road. They look similar to electrical wires, which might be concerning at first. No one wants to drive ...