How to Prepare Your Home for Winter Electrically – Part 2
As discussed in Part 1, preparing your home electrically before winter arrives will help ensure you have power and stay safe during the colder months. Part 2 will cover three more ways for preparing your home electrically for winter.
Test Smoke Detectors
In the case of home fires, having fully functioning smoke detectors throughout your home may be the difference between getting out of your home safely or ending up in a hospital. This also applies to detectors that alert you to the presence of deadly carbon monoxide. Make sure to test each of these devices in your home. Some may need their battery replaced and if a device is over 10 years old, it is time to replace it. Since 2018, Maryland requires “ALL Maryland residents to have 10-year lithium battery tamper resistant smoke alarms with the silence/hush feature on every level of their home.”
Test Electrical Outlets
Preparing your home electrically for winter should also involve having all your electrical outlets tested. Checking your outlets will ensure they are providing sufficient power and their wires are properly connected and grounded. If you are a fan of DIY, a simple way of testing your electrical outlets’ functionality and safety is with a multimeter. An even better way is asking a licensed electrician to perform these tests during an electrical inspection.
Rewire Your Home
After performing an electrical inspection of your home, a licensed electrician may recommend rewiring some areas of your home for safety reasons. Worn out or defective wiring is hazardous and can lead to a deadly electrical fire in your home. If your home is 50 years old or older, and you rely on extension cords to supply some rooms with electricity, this situation is unsafe and your home’s electrical system needs rewiring.
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