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A lot of fires were found out to be from lightning and
defects in appliances manufacturing but there are many that were attributed to
the faulty installation of wiring, misuse of circuits by overloading them and
also overloaded extension wires. A large percentage of these fires were caused
by inappropriate wiring of the home electrical system.
This can be due to homeowners wanting to do the wiring
personally but having no actual background on how to the work properly.
Although people can place fire rated doors
in their interiors, failing to hire a professional electrician can have
lifelong repercussions and it may be cause for loss of your dream home and even
place at risk the lives of the members of the family when fire will
unfortunately break out in the house.
Knowing the perils of wrong placement of electrical
wiring and overloaded circuits, you still have a choice on preventing this to
be the cause of a home catastrophe, with the goal of keeping your family safe.
Loss of property can be recovered in time, but the loss of life cannot. You
will forever be holding that regretful feeling that you did nothing to make
your electrical system fail safe.
To enumerate it, an electrical fire can be due to a
lot of reason such as:
Loose connection – When wires are loosely connected,
it creates resistance to current, and resulting difficulty in the flow of
current. Electrical connections can
become loose when they are particularly fastened with a screw or a bolt.
Possible causes of loosening are vibration as well as the warming and cooling
conditions that the terminal goes through. Despite the presence of fire rated doors, your structure can
still be gorged by fire when not carely.
Overloaded conductors or cables – It is common to have
extension wires in homes. When a circuit is abused by plugging a lot of
appliances to the extension cord, the circuit becomes overloaded and may cause
a spark that will create a larger fire when the spark attracts fuel around it
and oxygen is also available. An extension cord should not be used as a main
outlet since a lot of appliances plugged into a cord can have heavy wattage
that may be too much for the wire to supply. Installing fire resistant doors may not prevent an overloaded circuit to cause
a fire but it will allow people inside the house to safely pass through it if
the fire is not that big yet.
Proximity of flammable materials to electrical sources
– When you place flammable products like hair sprays, nail polish remover,
rubbing alcohol or paint thinner, these can easily catch fire and these
materials can ignite in a flash and will burn anything that it finds on its
way. never place these products near electrical plugs since this will ruin
everything when it catches fire.
Inferior quality of materials are used in building the
house – When you order your electrical wiring bundle, do not always go for the
cheapest since you will be compromising your future. Look for quality rather
than cost and ask an electrician to identify which wire products are efficient
and will provide safety.
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