Turn off your main circuits at your fuse box by removing your circuit breakers or removing circuit fuses before performing any electrical repairs Victoria Point on your home’s electrics or any work that may see you inadvertently contact an electric cable. If you’re putting a hole in the wall, for instance to add a wall fitting, use a cable detector to ensure you are not going to cut into an electrical cable or your plumbing. Before working on any appliances, unplug them from the wall socket; do not just switch them off or switch off the plug, as this unnecessarily increases your risk of electrocution.
The following safety precautions will protect human body from any form of injury through electric shock:
- Always unplug the appliance before engaging for electrical repair. You must unplug the appliance under repair before you disassemble any electronic device. Turning off the source of ac line voltage is not enough.
- Always work dry. It is dangerous to work with wet hands or clothing. Ensure that you do not work in wet or moist environment. Remember that life has no duplicate.
- Replace the entire power supply unit with similar type. It is absolutely safer for you if the power supply unit can be totally replaced as in the case of computer system. Go ahead and replace it with a new power supply unit of similar power rating.
- Always wear insulator in your hands. It is a good idea to wear rubber gloves while carrying out repairs on electronic devices. Rubber glove is an insulator that will prevent shock.
- Do not work with any metallic jewelry. Under no reason should you work on electronic device with your metallic jewelries on your hand. Jewelries are metallic in nature and hence good conductor of electricity. If you allow it in your hands, it can conduct electric current directly to your skin and cause you electric shock in case of accidental contact with exposed live wire.
- Keep one of your hands behind your back: Electric shocks happen usually when there is a closed current loop. So, whenever you are working on power supply area of electronic device, keeping one of your hands at your back will help you prevent risk of electric shock.
Getting the service of a professional electrician you help to reduce the potential cost of your home or office electrical repairs Victoria Point. In the case that something does go wrong while conducting a DIY repair, what was a cheap job can suddenly become one costing several hundred of dollars more. Fixing it yourself may seem like the cheaper alternative, but that can be a serious misnomer.