The electrical panel is one of those basic elements that all houses have, and despite being one of the most important in our homes, for the vast majority of people it is a great unknown. All the cables that pass through where we live converge here to keep the electrical system organized and protect the appliances at home, as well as us.
But beyond when there is a blackout, The leads go off and we have to go to the electrical panel to return the light to our house, as a general rule, no one comes close to this item again. However, this should not be the case, and as pointed out Manuel Contreras, president of the Autonomous Association of Electrical and Telecommunications Installers of Granada in an interview for Ideal magazine “The electrical panel is the most important element of an installation, it is very important.”
This expert explains that the electrical panel It serves to protect against indirect contacts, which is when we receive an electric shock, as well as possible breakdowns due to short circuit or overload.. However, few people know that maintenance must be carried out for possible power surgeswhich can affect the appliances in the house and cause other more serious incidents such as fires that endanger our lives.
“If there is an error and the differentials do not jump, it means that our installation is not protected, which It’s a major risk,” Contreras has warned. These facilities are closed when the work on the house is finished and with luck they are not touched again for months, or even years, which represents a serious risk to our safety.
The expert rIt is recommended to call a professional to check the installation once a year, something that you have most likely never done, but luckily there is a trick that you can easily do, which although it does not replace a visit from the professional, it can help you control and know if your electrical panel is prepared to receive an electric shock.
Due to its simplicity, the expert recommends pressing a button on the electrical panel that will tell us if it works well in terms of protection or not, at least once a month. “These automatic machines have a test button and it is advisable to press it once a month to see that everything is fine. Just press the button and see if the differentials jump.”
And among all the buttons or levers that the electrical panels have, the test button that is normally marked with a “T” is hidden, that allows ussimulate a power surge in the electrical panel to see how it would respond if it really occurred. If they jump, the box is working correctly., but if they don’t do it, there is some error, and our appliances and even we would be in danger.
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