| Making your own repairs to your home
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| | do not work on any part of the circuit
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| saves you time, worry and money, but you
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| | box in your home. Unless electricity has
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| must not overlook some safety concerns
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| | been turned off to the circuit box from
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| when performing these repairs. Below, we
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| | outside the home, there is still
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| list some simple safety tips for
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| | electrical current running to the main
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| homeowners that will be making their own
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| | circuit breaker. Even with the main
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| diy home repairs.
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| | turned off, there is still current
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| Heating and Cooling Repairs:
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| | running to the main switch.
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| Always make sure that capacitors are
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| | Never work with electrical cords that are
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| discharged thoroughly when working on the
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| | standing in water. The cord may have a
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| electrical service box of an air
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| | break in the insulation surrounding the
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| conditioning or heating unit. Capacitors
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| | wire and cause serious electrical shock.
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| may still hold an electrical charge with
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| | Plumbing Repairs:
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| enough electricity to kill a person even
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| | When working on plumbing lines or
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| with the power turned off.
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| | plumbing fixtures in your home, make sure
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| If you're working around gas lines, make
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| | that the valve is closed to the line or
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| sure not to damage them, as a gas leak
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| | fixture you'll be repairing. Some
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| make allow gas to build up and cause an
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| | fixtures such as the bathroom toilet have
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| explosion in your home. If you do damage
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| | their own cut-off valves, but even these
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| a gas line, remove your family and
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| | are sometimes prone to failure.
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| yourself from the home immediately and
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| | Water traps in plumbing waste lines are
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| call 911 to report the gas leak. A gas
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| | designed to hold water that prevents
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| leak is definitely an emergency and
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| | sewer gases from entering the home. Sewer
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| requires quick action.
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| | gases can build up quickly in a home when
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| Electrical Repairs:
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| | repairing waste lines where the trap has
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| Always turn off electricity to the
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| | been removed. Always cover any waste
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| circuit you're working on. Never attempt
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| | lines completely where a trap has been
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| for a moment to make a repair with
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| | removed temporarily.
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| electricity running through the circuit
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| | When using caustic drain cleaners, be
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| or it may be the last repair you'll ever
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| | very careful if they do not unclog the
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| make.
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| | drain. The drain cleaners will still be
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| Remove jewelry, such as watches and
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| | in the water and use of a plunger or
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| necklaces when working around
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| | other tool may splash the drain cleaner
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| electricity. Try to always keep the odds
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| | into your eyes or on your skin causing
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| in your favor. A dangling piece of metal
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| | serious harm.
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| touching a live circuit has the potential
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| | Repairing your home can be a fun and
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| to draw electrical current right through
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| | educational experience. Follow the simple
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| your body.
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| | safety tips above and may all of your
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| Unless you really know what you're doing,
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| | future home repairs be safe ones.
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