Essential Precaution to take when you want to wire your home

Posted by pooja late on January 5th, 2019

Electrical mistakes are prevalent in every home and this is dangerous for those living inside. Before designing your dream home, you must be conscious of electrical mistakes and its effects on the home. This is crucial because once you start living inside and experience any electrical fault, it may cause you to panic unnecessarily. To avoid such situation, it is important to adhere to good electrical work. The following are important precautions that will guide you when you want to wire cable your home.  

• Don’t do any electrical work on your own. You should seek the services of a good or professional electrician for all the wiring.
• Every installations and electric work must comply with the latest Indian Electricity Acts and Rules.
• All materials used must be approved and purchased from a reputable manufacturer according to ISI specifications. Furthermore, don’t indulge in buying low quality material because of the potential damage it may cause.
• When using an electrician, ensure they have calculated the total load of various items to be used. most times, electricians tend to be careless when using right load bearing wires for wiring purpose. At times, these wires get burnt when all the loads are placed on them. Therefore, ensure the wire cable is not overloaded and adhere to standard principles.
• When wiring, the wires should be a minimum of 30mm apart from the wooden frame or electrical box in order for the wires not to punched when nailing. Additionally, the wires should be installed carefully else it may cause short circuiting or electric shock.
• It is essential to install standard length wire cable in the junction box. Normally, it should be 150mm long to make proper connection.
• Endeavor to use differnet holes for separate electrical lines. This will help in avoiding any electrical shock. However, if this isn’t possible, you may use minimum wires for each holes.
• Furthermore, also use Miniature Circuit breaker because it provides protection against overloads and short circuits. Moreover, this will save you equipment, cables, and wires.
• You cannot forget that proper earthing is important, as it will save an individual in case of electrical shock.

Electrical wires are color coded. White is for the neutral line and red and black are for live wires. Although many electrical circuits will appear to work even though neutral and live wires have been reversed, when reversed you are creating a situation where it is easy for someone to receive a shock. Secondarily, many electrical devices have the plugs keyed (larger prong for the neutral wire) to ensure that the integrity of the live wire cable is carried through to the electrical device. In some cases, you can damage the appliance or electrical device by not maintaining the integrity of the neutral and live wires.

Most switches, outlets, and receptacles have color-coded screws to aid in connecting the correct colored wire cable to the right screw. Dark colored screws (bronze) are for live wires. Light colored screws (silver) are for neutral wires and green colored screws are for ground wires.

Author’s Bio

Justice Lawrence in this article looks at some mistakes to avoid when wiring cable your home. He further emphasized the importance of hiring a good electrician for your wiring job.