7 Home Electrical Safety Tips This Back-to-School Season (Infographic)

As the school year starts, most homes are empty from morning until early evening and without proper management of electrical equipment could cause unwanted circumstances such as hazardous fires. Keep your home safe and have these tips make your home safe at all cost whenever you aren’t around.

Replace Worn-out Extension Cords

Peeled off cords or extension cords pose as a huge threat to cause fire. If you’ve experienced this type of mishap, then it is time to be electrically ready and fix those cords immediately.

Some worn-out cords could still be revived through covering it up with electrical type that avoids flowing current to be exposed to other materials. However, there are cases that the cords have split into two and the best way to fix this is to replace it.

Let RichsMethods teach you How to Fix a Broken Electrical Cord/ Wire:

Avoid Flammable Materials in Contact with Sources of Heat

Every household object is flammable and getting these items near sources of heat are a big no-no.

To be specific, here are the following flammable materials present at your home:

Kitchen

• Liquid Disinfectant sprays
• Drain cleaners
• Any aerosol cans
• Dish detergents
• Cooking oils

Bathroom

• Aerosol sprays
• Rubbing alcohol
• Hand Sanitizer
• Liquid nail polish
• Nail polish remover

Laundry Room

• Stain removers (contains alcohol, detergents)
• Lint build

Random Objects

• Silly string
• Moth balls
• Black shoe polish
• Ping pong balls

Avoid Overloading Outlets and Circuits

Asses every user of a home and check to see on how many devices they need to be plugged in and from there, create a plan for your electrical outlets. Avoid at all costs, plugging more than two appliances in an outlet.

If you aren’t knowledgeable enough about electrical wiring, then this is not the time to be doing DIY as this is a serious task and could cause severe electrocution that could lead to death.

Directly Plug Heavy Duty Appliances into Outlets

Heavy duty appliances are known to acquire massive amounts of power and are major sources of heat so be sure to have a designated outlet for these appliances.

Here are the following Heavy-Duty Appliances found at home in the Philippines:

• Refrigerators
• Dryers
• Washing Machines
• Stoves
• Air conditioners

Continuously using an extension cord to supply these appliances could lead to overloading.

Unplug Unused Appliances

Plugged devices still draw energy when not in use this is called standby power. By unplugging them you save up money and that money saved can be spent on other back-to-school needs.

Teaching your children about this habit could show them at a tender age to save up and be conscious of electrical consumption.

Unplug Cords thru its base

Lazily pulling out your appliance thru its cord could cause breakage of the cord. It is good practice to unplug devices by tugging it by the base.

Also, kids are prone to wet hands, at all cost avoid letting them unplug devices with wet hands as this could electrocute them which can cause severe damage to their well-being.

Equip your home with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

If your home is no stranger to sudden high and lows of electrical current flowing, then opting to invest in an uninterruptible power supply in the Philippines could help you filter power accordingly. Filtered power could lessen the early detection of damages in appliances.

Also, some UPS have batteries which could give you ample time to save up work and properly shut down your computer.