Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) is encouraging Victorians, including those in Hume and Whittlesea, to test their safety switches at least once a year to ensure that they work.
Electrical fires can be caused by ageing, degrading and faulty electrical installations or equipment and safety switches provide additional protection to homes by detecting faults and immediately switching the power off before a fire or electrocution can occur.
“Testing your home’s safety switches is easy to do. It doesn’t matter whether you own your home or are renting, you need to ensure your safety switches are working,” ESV commissioner and chairperson Marnie Williams said.
“It’s a simple check that could potentially save your life, the lives of your loved ones and your property.”
ESV’s Test. Reset. Protect. campaign encourages people to carry out a simple safety switch test once a year in order to protect themselves, their families and their property.
Safety switches can be found in most household switchboards, they have a small button with the word ‘test’ on it and once pressed, power will be cut to parts of the property connected to the safety switch.
If the switch doesn’t activate, it is faulty and will not protect you, If this occurs call a licensed electrician immediately.
Details: esv.vic.gov.au/household-wiring.
