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Energy Adviser: Electrical safety inside the home

You wonder how safe your home is an electrical fire?

If you have an old house, if you use electric baseboard or wall heater, or extension cords snake around your living room, it might be a good idea to look at everyone's safety.

According to energy experts to Clark Public Utilities and the Clark County Fire there are many ways homeowners can prevent fires that destroy property and damage.

Richard Martin, Clark County deputy fire marshal, said most home fires result from inattention to the human or "unreasonable" use of devices or appliances that may cause a fire.For example:

• Use a griddle to cook dinner.

• Use a large pan of frying fat, but then get distracted and allow the fat to burn.

• Use extension cords to replace permanent wiring.

"All of these can cause a fire that can destroy a home and cause loss of household belongings," Martin said.

• Wiring home elderly: old houses from the 1940s and perhaps even what is called "knob and tube" wiring.That the wiring can not be nearly enough electricity for a typical modern home full of appliances, "said Rick Cantonwine, an energy advisor utility.

Many of these houses have been rebuilt to date, but make sure before loading on computers and devices that did not exist in 1940, he said.

In the "new" old houses, the problem tends to be not taken enough. This promotes unsafe use of power strips and extension cords, leading to too many burdens on the racetrack. When wiring can not handle the electrical load, it starts to heat up and deteriorate.As it degrades it is more resistance to electrical flow, which makes it hotter and may cause fire.

• Baseboard Heating: electric baseboard can become hot enough to ignite paper and other flammable materials. Under normal conditions most of the baseboard heater is not that hot, but very cold or a thermostat that is stuck in the "on" position could be the heating on long enough to cause a problem.

The furniture may be too close to danger. "We tell people not to block them all," said Cantonwine.

• wall heaters: in-wall heaters can also be dangerous if foreign bodies inside or the heater is so clogged with dust, lint or pet hair that flows air is reduced to the point where the heat can not escape as it is designed for. The water heater could ignite near him or internal components themselves can burn.

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