ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRINCIPLES
Electrical Safety Principles
When planning and performing work on electrical systems and equipment, keep these principles in mind:
When planning and performing work on electrical systems and equipment, keep these principles in mind:
- Understand the procedure completely before starting the work.
- Use good quality footwear/shoes in order to provide maximum resistance.
- Never energize any circuit unless you are sure that no one is working on the circuit.
- Give electric supply to the wiring system only after thorough verification.
- Before replacing a blown fuse always remember to put the switch off.
- Do not touch switch boards, main switches, holder points etc with wet hands.
- Do not use broken switches, sockets or plug.
- Use non-conductive tools whenever possible.
- Before putting the plug pins in socket put off the plug switch and disconnect the plug by pulling the plug pin and not by pulling cable.
- Take utmost care while handling lamps, lamp holders, switches etc, because these materials are brittle.
- Never drape electrical cords over heat sources
- Before beginning work, tie back long hair, and roll up loose sleeves.
- Know the location and how to operate shut-off switches and/or circuit breaker panels.
- Use these devices to shut off equipment in the event of a fire or electrocution.
- Don’t over bend cables when pulling them through a bend in a raceway, often a pressure or squeezing develops causing insulation damage.