Holiday Electrical Dangers You Never Read About

Des Moines, IA, December 19th, 2011 – The winter holiday period brings with it lots of joy – with some serious potential for a lot of that joy to go up in smoke. That’s why licensed electricians caution homeowners to remember to put their family’s safety first when decorating for the season.
In other words: while you’re decking the halls with boughs of holly, be careful that they don’t catch fire.
“Household fires can occur any time of year,” said Jeremy Swanson of Lazer Electric LLC. “But this particular season adds in elements that aren’t around at other times, including electricity-powered decorations inside and outside the home.”
What can happen? Here’s just one scenario Jeremy points out, “If you have a frayed cord on a strand of lights, and it’s resting on a dried-out Christmas tree, and it’s surrounded by flammable wrapping paper along with a lighted candle or two, you can see that the risk of fire really does increase substantially.”
In fact, studies show that the dollar loss per fire is 34 percent greater during this period than the rest of the year. And there’s also the element of human nature to consider.
“The holidays are among the most distracting times of the year,” Jeremy said. “People are busy. They don’t have time to make sure their decorating is done safely, so they just do it quickly. And then maybe they forget to turn off their Christmas trees when they leave for work or to go out of town for the weekend. Risk increases when people aren’t paying attention to what they’re doing.”
Jeremy recommends a holiday electrical safety inspection, “A licensed electrician can point out trouble spots in your holiday setup. Usually, these can be remedied very quickly, maybe with an extra outlet. Believe me, that’s a lot less expensive than repairing a fire-damaged home.”

Lazer Electric is a full service professional Des Moines electrician specializing in service and repair for Central Iowa residential and light commercial customers.

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