ELECTRICAL SAFETY…………keeping your family safe from harm.
Electricity is all around us.
A lot of activity and major services like communication and industrial services especially for an economy that believes much on industrial businesses would stop without electricity. The most important is Households that would suffer badly when power supply stops. Fortunately, with the advent of electricity, life in hot regions is bearable. Hence.
For instance in Nigeria, when a lady is preparing for marriage and making a home, the first thing that pops to her head is having enough appliances to make her life easier. On any given day, it’s likely that most people use several different electrical appliances.
With electric appliances being so common in modern homes, it’s easy to forget that there are very real risks and hazards associated with their use. Take the time to brush up on safe usage of the appliances and make sure that everyone in your home is aware of them in order to prevent unnecessary exposure to hazards and safety risks.
Electrical Safety Tips
Being safe when using electrical appliances, extension cords, light bulbs and other equipment is easy, and safety tips should be included in household rules, teach everyone in your home-fire safety. Note, daily routine check up on the use of electrical gadgets ensures safe operation, this is to avoid prevent unnecessary exposure to hazards and safety risks.
It only takes one mistake to spark an electrical fire, but simple prevention measures can be effective solutions.
Appliances are an integral part of every household, from a simple electric clock to the microwave oven. These safety tips can help keep all appliances operating safely:
- Unplug unused appliances and stow cords safely out of reach of pets, young children or hazardous situations. Even little children and cables are not a safe combination, you’ve got some cable management to do! Many parents cover unused outlets to protect their children from shock, but precautions shouldn’t end there. Just as there’s a risk of kids sticking fingers or sharp objects into electrical receptacles, there are also less-obvious dangers that come from small children chewing, tripping and pulling on household cables. One of the easiest ways to protect your children from cable-related harm is to lift cords off the floor and out of their reach! With adhesive-backed cable clips, cords can easily be routed around door frames, run behind furniture, and secured against higher surfaces. Another is surface raceway, the perfect solution for containing and disguising cable runs between your electronics and power outlets.
- Appliances that generate heat, such as clocks, televisions and computer monitors, should be given several inches of clearance all around for good air circulation and cooling. Do not drape clothes, toys or other items over warm appliances.
- Always follow appliance instructions carefully, and do not attempt amateur repairs or upgrades.
- Keep all electrical appliances away from water such as sinks, bathtubs, pools or overhead vents that may drip.
- Do not operate any electrical appliance with wet hands or while standing in water.
- Keep clothes, curtains, toys and other potentially combustible materials at away from radiators, space heaters, heating vents and other heat sources.
- Every electrical appliance has a cord, and many homes use extension cords to increase the range of electrical outlets.
Check cords regularly for frays, cracks or kinks, including power tool cords, holiday lights and extension cords.
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