Safety Tip: Electrical Safety and a Flipped Breaker

Electrical safety is an important part of responsible homeownership. It requires that you always follow the proper procedures when working with electrical outlets and wiring. Remember, electricity can be deadly. If you’re not experienced in electrical work, it’s always best to call in a licensed electrician to perform repairs or improvements.

Flipped Breakers and Blown Fuses

Flipped breakers and blown fuses are nothing to take lightly. Breakers flip and fuses blow because an electrical circuit in your home has been overloaded. Overloaded circuits get hot, and that heat causes fire. In other words, circuit breakers are there for your safety. If your circuit breaker is cutting off electricity to a portion of your home, first think about whether you’ve added any new appliances or other electrical draws that would explain the extra electrical demands being placed on the circuit. You might be able to solve the problem by simply unplugging your new microwave, for example, and moving it to another circuit that isn’t experiencing such high demand.

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Electrical Safety Tip: Replace Faulty Outlets and Switches

Electrical safety is an important part of responsible homeownership. It requires that you always follow the proper procedures when working with electrical outlets and wiring. Remember, electricity can be deadly. If you’re not experienced in electrical work, it’s always best to call in a licensed electrician to perform repairs or improvements.

Old Outlets and Switches

One of the most straightforward electrical improvements you can make is replacing old outlets and switches. Loose outlets and old switches can lead to an outlet fire and electric shock. Replacing them with new units is an easy and effective way to prevent more serious problems. If you’ve already experienced an outlet fire, sparks coming from an outlet, or smoking outlets, shut off the power to the outlet and call an electrician immediately to check if the outlet fire caused more significant damage that needs to be dealt with.

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Benefits of Having Outdoor Outlets

Outdoor electrical outlets are pretty much a standard feature of any home and can eliminate the need for extension cords, enabling you to upgrade your holiday lighting display, use power garden tools or enjoy your backyard long into the evening.

Outdoor Electrical Outlets

Outdoor outlets are safe for one reason only: with the aid of the ground fault circuit interrupter, otherwise known as a GFCI outlet. GFCI’s cut the electrical current when electricity leaks to ground (which in most cases means the electricity is running through you). Because working outside often involves working around pools, hot tubs, puddles and in wet weather, GFCI’s are the difference between you receiving a mild shock and you being served up well done at the next neighborhood barbecue.

If you don’t have a GFCI outlet installed for all your outdoor electrical outlets, contact Mr Mighty – Chicago electricians to get this done as quickly as possible.

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The Importance of Electrical Safety Inspection

What we look for in our home is safety from all harms. Similarly we also need to make sure that every systems in our household are in compliance to the latest safety norms. Often, we hear that one or two has been electrocuted or a house ends up in flames due to fire resulting from electrical sparks. All these are the results of faulty electrical installation, lack of electrical maintenance, etc. To put an end to all these, safety inspection is necessary. One should call up one of Mr. Mighty Electric’s electricians for all maintenance and safety inspections.

You may also have noticed at times that your home or workplace’s electrical system is not performing as per expectation. But you ignored it thinking that you can have it repaired some other day. As the saying goes, “never put of till tomorrow what you can do today”, your delay can cause the problem to worsen and disaster may hit anytime. It is therefore, suggested that whenever you see any flaw in your system, you should call up any residential or commercial Chicago electrician and have your system repaired.

Why a safety inspection service?

Electrical systems, appliances and units are bound to degrade in quality as well as performance due to passage of time and frequent usage. It is also hard to know when to have them repaired or replaced. To ease yourself of all doubts regarding when to repair and replace an appliance or unit, you can call up Chicago electricians and have your system inspected for compliance to the latest safety norms. Safety inspection are truly important to keep our house or workplace free from the harms of faulty installation and degrading systems.

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