home electricity
Residential electrical supply
Home electricity is the electrical power supplied to residential buildings for lighting, heating, cooling, and running appliances.
It typically arrives through utility lines as alternating current at standardized voltages—120 volts in North America, 220-240 in most other countries.
The storm knocked out our home electricity for three days.
The term often appears in discussions of bills, conservation, or going off-grid.
- wall outletFixed electrical socket
- outletPoint of release
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
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