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5 Electrical Safety Tips For This Winter Season

Don't Plug Space Heaters into Extension Cords or Power Strips. ...
Don't Overload Electrical Outlets. ...
Don't Connect Over Three Strings of Lights. ...
Make Sure Any Outdoor Extension Cords or Christmas Lights Are Marked for Outdoor Use. ...
Protect Your Electrical Cords From Damage.

A faulty electrical service panel in a home places it in danger. The service panel is where the main power line from outside a home enters and is routed throughout the electrical system. The panel also disconnects circuits if excess electricity flows through them by tripping circuit breakers. If the panel starts to malfunction to the point that it can no longer function correctly, not only will it risk shutting down all electricity to the house, it will put it at risk of electrical fires

WARNINGS THAT YOU MAY NEED A NEW ELECTRICAL SERVICE PANEL

Constantly tripping circuit breakers: When a panel begins to wear down, it will be more susceptible to power surges through the wires, and consequently will start to disconnect circuits more often. This can also happen because your home energy needs have surpassed the capacity of the service panel. If you find that you are resetting breakers a few times a week, when before you rarely had to resent them more than a few times a year, then the panel is warning you that it needs serious repairs or a full replacement.

Evidence of electrical fires in the panel:
Wires that wear down inside an electrical panel can create fires. These often quickly burn themselves out, but they will leave behind signs that they’ve occurred. If you smell an acrid odor from the panel, or notice charring and discolored marks around the circuit breakers, you’ve probably had an electrical fire in the panel. You need to call for professional assistance right away.

Breakers will not remain reset: Resetting a tripped breaker should take care of a problem under normal circumstances. But if you discover that a reset circuit breaker in the panel won’t stay reset, or it does not restore power, then you may have a faulty service panel. A professional electrician will be able to determine what the problem is and the best way to fix it.
If you still have an old fuse box rather than a modern service panel with circuit breakers, then you definitely need to have a replacement: fuse boxes are out of date and insufficient for modern electrical appliances.

Call us for a free estmate to come check your electrical panel.

Summer Electrical Safety Tips: Outdoor Hazards​
​Summer is the time when everyone wants to play outside, so it is important that everyone knows what possible electrical safety hazards to avoid in the out-of-doors. Go around the outside of your home and through your neighborhood with your family and show them where telephone poles and electrical lines are located. Explain the following so that everyone understands the dangers associated with them:

Never play near or touch a power line with any part of your body, a toy, a stick, or any other object whatsoever. Assume at all times that any power lines you see are live and dangerous. If you see a downed power line, stay well away and report it to your local utility company immediately.
Never approach an electrical substation (or downed power lines) for any reason whatsoever. Period. If a friend, family member or a pet has entered this area, do not try to rescue them yourself—call 911 immediately.
Never climb on or play around a utility pole. In fact, never post any signs or flyers on utility poles either as this can endanger you and utility workers that have to work on those poles.
This may seem like a repeat of the other outdoor summer electrical safety tips, but never throw shoes or articles of clothing up onto power lines, and never try to retrieve any object already hanging from a power line. There are safer ways to celebrate summer than this.
To avoid getting kites, model aircraft or any other airborne toys stuck in power lines, play with these things in wide open spaces like parks or fields far away from power lines.
Kids love to climb trees in the summer, but they should never climb trees that are too close to power lines; even if the tree isn’t touching a line, the extra weight from someone climbing the tree could cause a branch to touch the line, which would be dangerous. In fact, if you feel that any trees in your yard or neighborhood are too close to power lines, talk with your local utility about having them trimmed or possibly removed.
Keep an eye on the weather. Almost 100 people die each year, and another 500 are severely injured from lightning strikes. If a thunderstorm is approaching, go indoors and stay there until the