Make Electrical Safety Your Goal for The New Year
What's your perennial New Year's resolution: Dieting? Saving more money? Getting lots of exercise?
Here are a few that will be easier to keep—and can do you, your family and your home a world of good. Do these every January:
- Remove covers from overhead lights and wash them in warm, soapy water. Clean light covers let more light shine through, which will make your room look brighter and save you from turning on a second lamp.
- Pull your refrigerator away from the wall and vacuum or dust its condenser and coils. Clean coils prevent your fridge's working parts from heating up.
- Spring for an annual inspection of your heating system. A tune-up can save you as much as 5 percent on your heating bill.
- Hire a licensed electrician to inspect your home's electrical wiring system—not every year, but at least once a decade. When's the last time you did that?