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Working with Electricity at Home - A Few Words of Precautions

By Jason Lee
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Our whole home is humming with electricity: wires, cords, wall outlets, lights, electronic equipment, electrical devices, appliances, doorbells, thermostats, heating and cooling equipment, water heaters, stoves etc. But you don’t have to call an electrician or repair specialist every time something goes out. You have to know - how to take suitable precautions about wiring and minor electrical problems on often-used household items yourself.

Before you start fixing things, you have to be careful on safety when working with electricity and when you start to fix switches, dimmers, doorbells, the like and should have adequate information on the household items to be repaired.

Further you have to be very cautious, while doing electrical work. You may not know who was working on the wiring before you or how much knowledge that person had. Therefore, if you are not careful, you can shock yourself. We don’t mean the little shock you might get from static electricity that travels up your arm from some malfunctioning appliances.

Electrical shocks can kill you, so should not do repairs when you are tired, distracted, or rushed. You should always be cautious. Make sure to follow a routine and double-check yourself at each step of the way.

Label your Service Panel

The labeling of every breaker, button, or fuse in your home should be done carefully so that you know what circuit it controls. In addition to being an important safety measure, labels save you a lot of time in identifying the right breaker or fuse when you want to turn off power to one particular room or appliance. However, keep in mind that each breaker controls multiple lights or outlets. So, when labeling breakers, be sure to find out exactly which switches and outlets the breaker controls and where they are located. Don’t assume that if there is no electricity in one part of the kitchen, for example, that everything in the kitchen is off. Usually large appliances are on an individual circuit. And one room may have power coming into it by two or more circuits. So if you turn off the breaker for the light over the kitchen table, never assume that all the rest of the lights are also off.

People have been electrocuted because of unlabeled breakers. So for safety and ease of troubleshooting, label them all with a comprehensive list.
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