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Healthy Habits for Home Electrical Inspection

From Flir Systems Incorporated
 

 
This presentation highlights what I have seen in the industry and in certain training classes with regards to residential electrical safety. Electrical Safety on most residential electrical inspection jobs, as I have noticed, is basically ignored. As a master electrician, I have seen, on a first-hand basis, how mechanics have become complacent with regard to safety. We tie in circuits hot, test live circuits while leaning against something metal or standing in a puddle of water, all the while not even thinking we could get seriously hurt or die just because we've done it a thousand times before and nothing ever happened. In residential work, there seems to be a feeling of, you can't get hurt like you can in commercial or industrial wiring. Although I don't feel that this is true, I think most people in the field act like it is true. I've seen circuits arc and flame on jobs in homes and not have the breaker trip. Home inspectors are at a particular disadvantage if they don't have an electrical background and familiarity with safety procedures and liability that can occur if something goes wrong if they remove a panel cover.
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