Every thing you should know before starting Construction works

Safe wiring Practices at Home

g Buy good quality household wires and switches which carries ISI marks.

g Proper earthing should be done for the entire house

g The right class of wiring should be done, without choosing small shortcuts for profits.
The proper sketches should be made before commencing the works.

g Each power board should have separate fuses or MCBs (Miniature Circuit Boards).

g Connect wires carefully and ensure that all joints are properly covered.

g Consumption of the electricity should be need based.

g Most accidental fires occurs due to short circuits. This happens due to overloading
the electrical systems and circuits.

g Overloaded electrical outlets and circuits that supply power to various outlets are
major causes of residential fires. Then they carry more electricity than it is designed for.
So heat is produced. This heat wears the internal wiring system and can ignite a fire.

g All circuits should have MCBs or fuses to the exact Ampere to which it is designed
for. When more electricity is passing through the circuit, the MCBs will be dripped or the
fuses will be blown to save the circuit.

g Give special attention to the appliances that uses 1000 Watts or more such as air
conditioners, refrigerators, hot plates, washing machines, micro wave ovens and heaters.
Avoid plugging them to ordinary sockets. Those appliances are to be connected to the
power plugs which can deliver 15 Ampere or more.

g ELCB (Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker) shall be used in the main circuit board to
avoid earth leakage. This will protect the members of the house to save against the
accidental contact of live wires while handling the appliances.