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- Teach your children to stay away from fallen electrical
wires and substations.
- Birds can sit on wires because they are not "grounded" (no
part of them is touching the ground). Remember, electricity is
always seeking a path to the ground.
- If you are not knowledgeable about electricity, hire an
electrician to repair electrical problems.
- Never get in the way of electricity's constant need to
reach ground as fast as possible. Electricity is always trying to
go somewhere. It goes easily through materials like metal, water,
trees, the ground and things with water in them, like animals and
people. It does not go easily through plastic, glass, dry wood or
wax.
- Never use water to fight an electrical fire. Water
conducts electricity and you could receive a bad shock. If flames
are small, use baking soda or a fire extinguisher approved for
electrical fires.
- If smoke or flame is coming from an appliance, do not
touch the appliance. Unplug it or go to the main circuit breaker
and turn off all power to the house. If the smoke or flames do not
die out, try using an approved fire extinguisher for electrical
fires.
- If you cannot put out a fire immediately, get out. Do not
wait for a fire to get out of control and trap you. Get out and go
to a neighbor's house or use a cell phone to call 110 and alert the
fire department. Stay out and wait for help to arrive.
- Distribution wires are "live" - full of electrical power
that can hurt you. Insulators and transformers are found on many
poles. Insulators keep the electricity from leaving power lines and
transformers help reduce the power of electricity before it enters
your home. Never shoot or throw anything at wires, insulators or
transformers.
- Utility poles carry electricity to your house or wherever
it is needed. Keep kites and toy panes away from utility poles and
do not climb them.
- Substations are places in your neighborhood where huge
amounts of electricity are reduced to be sent to homes. These
substations are protected by fences or walls. Do not climb over or
crawl under fences or gates. If a ball or toy goes over the fence,
call us.
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Copyright 2012, N. V.
Elmar. Aruba.
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