Does Your Home Check Out For Electrical Safety?

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Does Your Home CheckOutForElectrical Safety? (NAPSA)—Before you leave home in the morning, you run through a mental checklist: Keys? Check! Lights? Check! Blinds? Check! But most Americans have never thought about running through a checklist that could save them from electrocution or electrical fire: an electrical safety checklist. The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFT) hascreated a free, downloadable check- list covering electrical issues that may arise inside your home. Covering every room from the kitchen to the basement, the checklist guides users through their homes’ electrical systems via a series of questions and suggested action items. Do yourlights flicker when you turn on the vacuum cleaner? Engage a licensed electrician to determine if your home has enoughelectrical circuits. Are you protected from electrocution that can result from electricity interacting with water? Conduct a monthly test of the ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCDoutlets in the kitchen and bathroom. hoe eos

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