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July 27, 2011

How To Care For Your Fish Pond

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 5:36 pm

Do you like the sound of moving water? Do you find the sound relaxing? Well, you can easily produce the sound of running water in your own garden. You can put in a fish pond or a water garden. So, if you think that your garden needs landscaping, it might be a good idea to consider a fish pond or water garden.

People think that a fish pond takes lot of looking after, but that is not inevitably the case. The fact is that the larger the fish pond, the less effort you have to put into it. This is because a large pond can create its own ecosystem, whereas a small fish pond requires help.

The ways that you can help a small fish pond be a decent environment for your fish are as follows:

Pond Filters – use a pond filter with a good pump. Do not forget that you could get a solar powered pump. It will save on the environment and on your wallet. You should use a pond filter on a small pond, because the ecosystem cannot deal with all the plant waste of a small ornamental pond on its own. A pond pump will supply the filtration system and a waterfall or fountain if you wish.

Your pond filtration system should be left running twenty-four hours a day, but you can not just set it and forget it. Check that the pump is running daily and keep the filter as clean as needed for it to do its job. You may find that you have to clean it two or three times a week in the summer and autumn but only once a week in the winter and spring.

Leaf Netting: stop leaves from clogging up your pond in the autumn. The net should be suspended a foot or so above the pond to stop autumn leaves falling into the water and rotting.

Feeding: all fish should be fed fish food, not bread or scraps. Some fish ought to have specific fish food in order to preserve their colour. When you buy your fish, the salesperson should inform you what they eat. In general, the larger the pond the less trouble feeding becomes as they will eat natural food like insects, grubs, larvae and flies.

Fish need less food in the winter when they become semi-dormant and live off the fat stores that they built up in the warmer months, so give food often in the summer and autumn, but less often in the winter. You must check to see if surplus food is left floating on the surface.

Winter: make sure that there is a hole in the ice so that the water can take in oxygen and the fish can feed if they wish to. You can buy a floating de-icer or some people float a round football in a hoola-hoop, which seems to do the trick unless the temperature gets very low.

In fact, the hoola-hoop is a good idea all year round really. If you place the food in the hoop, it remains in one place and you can see if you have given too much. It also makes a nice site to see all the fish feeding in a shoal.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with water garden pumps. If you are interested in a Solar Powered Pond Pump, please go to our web site right away for some extra special deals.

Your Koi Pond After A Storm

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 12:37 pm

A storm can be stressful for your outdoor fish, especially for large koi carp, which, being large, possibly do not have many places to hide. However, if you have designed your koi fish pond well, you will have taken this into account when your constructed the pond. Likewise, the pond should be deep enough for your fish to be able to get well below the choppy surface layer.

If you prepared for the storm, you probably put a net over the fish pond, so the first thing you ought to do after the storm is clear up any fallen debris and take away the net, so that you can get a good look at your fish and what happened to them. They may be a bit stressed, so move unhurriedly and try hard not to frighten them. Stress is a killer in the animal world as well as in ours.

Did you take the added safeguard of sand-bagging the rim of your pond to stop it over-flowing and the fish swimming away? If so, take away the sand bags, so that you can get a better look.

Now you can get a good look at the upheaval, if there is any. Use a net to quietly skim off any leaves that have blown under the netting and onto the pond. If any plants have been uprooted, put them back where they should be. In general, put the pond back as it used to be, so that the fish feel at home. Again, move unhurriedly and try not to put your fish under any more stress.

If you have to carry out major structural repairs, you could place your koi in a child’s plastic paddling pool until you can sort the issue out. Put the pool in a shaded area and fold the netting over it several times so that the fish can not get out and cats and birds cannot get in. If you can aerate the pool with a pump so much the better.

Put a few plants in there with them for cover and feed in moderation. if the repairs will take a long time, you could ask your local pet store to take them away for a week or whatever. You will need to pay board and lodgings, but it is preferable to losing your prized koi carp.

Once any repairs have been carried out, you ought to check the water quality, which could have been changed by debris falling into the pond or by your repairs. Rain, especially acid rain, can have quite an effect, particularly if it rained for a long time.

First check the water for nitrates. If the levels are incorrect (see the testing kit for details), you ought to stabilize them. If the levels are extremely high, first remove the plants from the water.

Then test the KH levels. If they are low, say, below 100, then you could add a cup of baking soda per 1,000 gallons of water and check again. Whatever you do, the quickest way to de-stress your fish is to reinstate their environment to what it used to be with clean water to swim in.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many topics, but is now involved with water garden pumps. If you are interested in a Solar Powered Pond Pump, please go to our web site now for a special deal.

July 18, 2011

Why Bouncy Castles Are A Must At Children’s Parties

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 5:32 pm

It is the summer vacation time and there could be no better time for kids to party and enjoy bouncy castles and towers. Parties are absolutely the best times for children to relax after a demanding year and look forward to a new one with enthusiasm.

It would be fun and exciting to relish the approaching school year after enjoying a party with bouncy castles and towers. Bouncy castles and towers are only inflated balloons with a platform that supply jumping fun and help liven up a party atmosphere.

My attitude comes from my own observation when I see children enjoying themselves at summer and birthday parties, with the platform and colourful castles offering young children with a feeling of being in fairy land jumping around on the platforms.

So, I have always thought that whether you are into event management, you love organizing parties for your children or are only planning a fun theme party for your kids’ birthday, bouncy castles are the best addition. So, you should make a decision to either purchase one or rent one for the party/parties.

I have also always thought that bouncy castles are ideal at family parties, where the adults want to have some quality time socializing with friends and family. These inflatables are certain to give them that time as the children have pleasure and fun.

Getting hold of this entertainment apparatus for parties and other social occasion is not tough, as renting out this apparatus has become a prospering business with many firms competing with each other. As far as my observation goes this thriving trade has led to the development of an inventive, innovative and cost effective assortment of bouncy castles.

The recent innovation in bouncy castles, Beach Party, which is available in sizes of 12 meters and 10 meters, I have observed, is the best for fun when hosting a beach party. Its five massive hump jumping castles with spectacular graphics and artwork, in different sizes, classes and capacity, help hosting an outrageous beach party.

They can give your younger and older kids the utmost fun in bouncing and jumping with exhilarating features like biff & bash obstacles, “crawl through” donuts together with a giant beach ball, deep bouncy bed, huge towers and high walls.

I think you have every right to get excited about acquiring bouncy castles and towers for children’s parties. You can easily find retail outlets or companies that sell or hire them for extraordinary occasions. With the Internet and yellow pages offering all the information under the sun, it is not difficult to find a good contractor.

Finding online stores specializing in bouncy castles has become very simple because of their popularity just by typing ‘bouncy castle’ into the search engine. You will be given a choice of two varieties namely, the residential and commercial variety. The commercial form is more durable and costlier than the residential variety.

Getting in a bouncy castle is a better option if thinking about problems of storage. However, I would say that it is mandatory to go through the user manual and make sure that the contract covers risks that could be run in its usage. It is also imperative to clarify any doubts you might have with the contractor before installing the bouncy castle, as it is a question of your kids’ safety.

What are you waiting for now? Arrange to install a bouncy castle or tower for your next kids’ party.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a variety topics, but is now concerned with the bouncy castles for sale. If you want to know more, please visit our web site at Bouncy House Rentals

June 30, 2011

Power Tools And Safety

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 4:39 pm

Power tools have largely taken over from hand tools all around the world, because they allow individuals to get more work done in an alloted space of time. Power tools work far more quickly than hand tools and without the operative having to expend a lot of energy having to turn a handle or push a saw.

However, the improved productivity that power tools deliver comes at a price: 1] you need to pay for the electricity that drives the equipment and 2] there is an increased danger to the operative’s health and safety. The price of the electricity should be more than easily covered by the increased productivity, but health and safety is often overlooked until it is too late.

People appear to not comprehend the potential dangers of an inexperienced person using a power tool. For instance, a slip with a hand saw, normally means an ugly joint, but a slip with a power saw can cost a finger; a miss whilst hammering a nail in can cost a bruised finger or an ugly dent, but a slip with a nail gun can be like having a bullet in the leg.

This is the reason why insurance companies have made it imperative for companies employing trades people to send their workers on health and safety courses. Claims from inexpert workers was getting ridiculous as inexpert trades people abandonned their old hand tool in favour of the powered option.

It caused a great deal of fuss in the Eighties and Nineties in the building industry among employers and workers alike to have to send people on courses about how to use power tools. In Britain, employers were not allowed to let a carpenter use a rotary saw, for example, unless he or she could prove that they had been taught to use one. Most people thought that the health and safety people had gone too far.

But there were fewer accidents; less time off work due to injury and not so many claims against the insurance firms.

There was huge opposition in our building firm from the workforce, when we declared that nobody could sign out a power tool unless he/she had a current safety certificate to prove training in the use of that particular piece of equipment.

We also had a joinery shop, where traditionally every carpenter could go to make anything he needed. Then this policy came in and just one carpenter out of forty was permitted to use the tools. All of a sudden there was a rush to get safety certificates. The new regulations had hurt people’s pride.

They felt that they were being told that they did not know their trade, but when they were disqualified from using power tools, they were made to look like inexperienced apprentices again. So there was a rush to acquire a certificate and power tool companies would send a safety specialist to the workshop to train all the relevant tradesmen in the use of their power tools free of charge and hand out certificates.

Then our company decided to get their ISO 9000 certificate and power tools had to be given certificates of inspection as well. So now we had to employ someone to look after the power tools.

Just tradesmen with certificates of competence could sign out a power tool and a power tool could only be signed out if it had a certificate to prove that it had been passed ’safe to use’ within the last two months. All power tools had to have a certificate of reliability attached to it, a set of safety rules and a pair of safety glasses. That covered the firm from accusations of negligence.

That was 15-20 years ago in the construction industry in the UK. I am not saying all this as a history lesson, but more to point out that people can go to a store and purchase or hire very dangerous power tools without having to establish competence. Contractors at work have to establish that they and the tools are up to the job, but the public does not.

I am not recommending a new layer of bureaucracy, but I do want to make individuals aware of the risk of not knowing how to use power tools properly and without even the most basic safety equipment.

Do not use power tools without safety spectacles is the first rule. Shield your eyes from splinters and flying debris at all costs. A professional would, so so ought you.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on several subjects, but is now concerned with Uvex Safety Glasses. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Safety Glasses Bifocal

June 25, 2011

Surround Sound Speaker Systems

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 3:23 pm

The generations alive now, particularly in the West, are all au fait with speaker technology to a certain degree. Most individuals began buying music centres in the Seventies if they were old enough and that trend has continued and the technology has just got better and better.

Audio reproduction has come on in leaps and bounds since the Fifties and Sixties when most individuals were content with a mono Dansette record player. My father was still listening to his favourite records on a wind-up record player with a dressmaker’s pin for a needle and a trumpet for a loudspeaker in the early Sixties. Then he purchased a Dansette later in the Sixties.

I bought a Sanyo music centre in the Seventies and he followed suit. The quality of audio reproduction on those systems was laughable in comparison with what is in the shops these days.

The latest development is surround sound, which was only accessible in the cinema twenty years ago, but surround sound speakers are far better now than they were then and you can install them at home without requiring a bank loan.

Frequently surround sound speakers are connected with film scores, so a surround sound speaker system could be attached to the outline jacks on your TV or home theatre system.

Home theatres are very popular now that lots of people are having to stay in more often to save money. A small family that likes to go to the cinema once a week can recoup the costs of a good home theatre system inside a year.

Whilst looking at surround sound speakers, you may think that the price is high, but do not forget that it is the surround sound speakers that transform a motion picture into a cinematographic experience. They also last forever if not abused.

Two tips: get the best that you can afford and buy speakers that will stand on the floor or can be hung on the wall.

Purchase quality rather than quantity. If you can just afford two speakers of great quality, so be it, You can buy another one later. With surround sound, the rule is: the more speakers the better.

Three is the absolute minimum, seven is fine, but eight is much better. The more speakers that you have, the less volume you will have to drive through them so the longer they will last.

The above configurations will be stated as: 2:1 (stereo plus a sub-woofer); 6:1 (front and back stereo speakers, a front central channel and a rear sub-woofer); 7:1 will add a rear central channel.

The good thing about this type of surround speaker system is that you can easily upgrade it, but you have to start properly by buying a recognized marque that will allow you to add speakers throughout the years.

One of the best speaker systems you can buy is Bose, but they are costly, but they are also the envy of any sound enthusiast as well. If you would like the best, but do not have the capital take your time creating a system of Bose surround sound speakers.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on numerous subjects, but is now involved with Bose IE2 Headphones. If you would like to know more, just visit our website at Bose Digital Radio.

June 23, 2011

Airbrush Tanning – DIY Or Professional?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 4:16 pm

Since some individuals started believing that a tanned body makes them look slimmer, in all probability on the same principle that black clothing makes you look trimmer than white clothing, there has been a dash for instant tans and there is no more instantaneous a tan than to have one painted on. This is called airbrush tanning.

Airbrush tanning can appeal on different levels. It is quick, you can get any shade you like and there is no risk from UV rays natural or man-made. lots of individuals are frightened by the stories of melanoma that they can get by sunbathing or using a tanning bed, so an instant golden bronze colour seems quite an appealing alternative.

The fad for airbrush tanning has spurred the tanning industry to manufacture a vast range of airbrush-look-alike products. There are creams and lotions and even pills that the manufacturers claim will turn your skin an attractive golden bronze. Unfortunately, most of them turn your skin a rather ridiculous shade of orange.

Then there are the home airbrush tanning kits. Real airbrush tanning is the equivalent of having your car resprayed. You can either have it done by a specialist who has professional spraying equipment or you could go out and purchase a dozen cans of your favourite colour car spray paint and do it yourself.

A car sprayed in the former way normally looks fantastic, but a car sprayed in the latter fashion normally looks dreadful. Well, the same is true for professional salon airbrush tanning and home airbrush tanning. Even amongst professional spray painters some are better than others, so it is best to ask around before you let anyone airbrush you.

So, these are the biggest concerns with airbrush tanning. You cannot do it yourself; you cannot rely on a friend to do it for you; it is doubtful whether you can even buy the right apparatus to do it yourself and where do you find a specialist whom enough individuals have permitted to practice on them so that he or she is any good?

Because a decent airbrush tanner will require the right equipment and plenty of experience. It is not a trade that can be studied from a book. Airbrush tanning is still a rather new phenomenon, so a good tanner might be hard to find outside a big city, but you could try asking the owner of your local tanning salon to get one in once a fortnight for those who have booked in advance. A sort of guest appearance.

As with any paint work, the secret to a good finish is preparation. If you have never been spray-painted before make certain that you prepare yourself properly. Ask your salon to supply you with a list of things that you can do in order to prepare your body in the correct manner.

Preparatory procedures may include shaving and exfoliating but will involve removing all make-up and body oils by washing well. This will give the paint a decent substrate to cling to. The better the preparation you do the better and longer-lasting the airbrush tan – ask any painter and decorator or car sprayer.

Owen Jones, the author of this article writes on quite a few subjects, but is currently involved with bronzing tanning beds. If you would like to know more or check out some immense offers, please go to our web site at Tanning Bed Bulbs.

April 8, 2011

Safety Advice For Truck Drivers

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 3:32 pm

The first safety advice for each driver of road vehicles is to take care of yourself in the correct manner. In other words, be certain that you have had enough rest and that you have been well fed and watered. If you take medication, make certain that you have taken it. You should also take care of your general level of fitness by taking frequent exercise. All the above will help you stay alert and responsive but also stave off drowsiness.

A comparable attitude should be taken towards your vehicle. This means frequent routine maintenance. This regular routine maintenance will be second nature to professional truck drivers anyway, and it will include checking the tyres for pressure and wear and checking pipes and leads for damage.

The last thing you want while you are diving down a motorway is to have a tyre or hose blow out. We have all seen large chunks of rubber on our roads, which are the outcome of such blow-outs. They are dangerous to the truck driver and anyone else driving behind.

It is not normally the professional truck drivers who cause problems, but any qualified driver can hire a truck and some drivers get a little rusty. Once you get behind the wheel of a vehicle, you are accountable for it, so make sure that it is fit for purpose. If you are picking up a trailer, make certain that all the lights and brakes work on that too.

Awareness and alertness are two of the most essential safety factors for the divers of any vehicles, but particularly so for truck drivers, because they are driving such huge but also weighty vehicles. These substantial vehicles have their own extraordinary issues that cars do not have.

For instance, they might have blind spots, they may be less manoeuvrable, they might become harder to quit but the load might be perilous. Even if all that is a fact, it is still not usually the professional driver who will cause an accident. Rather it could become the Sunday driver, the kid with the stolen vehicle, the drunk driver or even merely someone who has forgotten to take their glasses with them

Truck drivers have to not only not create mistakes, but they have to anticipate yet get on the look out for the mistakes of other drivers. This is why it is so important for the driver to get alert, which equals taking supervision of the driver’s health but fitness.

Another manner of taking care of the driver is to always wear your safety belt. If there is an accident, the truck diver is almost sure to be the most experienced driver around and therefore the most helpful person there until the police and safety / rescue personnel become there. There ought to also be a fire extinguisher in the cab, whether the load is perilous of not.

The weather conditions can vary a great amount for long distance truck drivers, so it is a good idea to be aware of the local conditions and to have clothing appropriate to it. After all, you will have to get out of the cab at some time. For the same reasons, it is a sensible idea to have an effective heater and air conditioner.

A hands-free mobile phone is an essential part of anybody’s safety equipment, and a responsible truck driver ought to also it to report any dangerous incidents to the police – items like substantial road kill, debris, reckless drivers and accidents.

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a number of topics, yet is now concerned with Uvex Safety Glasses. If you want to know more, go to our site at Safety Glasses Bifocal

April 2, 2011

The Recommended Equipment When It comes To Simple Paintball Game Gears

Filed under: Paintball — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — Mike Patterson @ 5:31 pm

The highest concern when playing paintball are the safety and security of the participants. Wearing the suitable paintball gear will alleviate to secure that nobody will become bruised whilst playing these fast sports. Without an uncertainty, the utilization of air-pressured guns can be truly dangerous whenever a person isn’t wearing proper safety device.

A variety of paintball gears needed when playing this sport, barely the paintball gun or marker. To help ensure you have wholly the proper equipment because this action-packed sport, arrive at definite to equip everyone with the decent gear before he or she plays the sport.

The paintball mask is a necessity piece of equipment that will protect your face. As most serious injuries incurred are in the face, you’re not allowed to play whenever you don’t wear a protective mask. An effective mask is essential for vision and protection.

Eye protection is added significant piece of protection. Investing in an effective set of goggles will prevent any splat of paint for entering your eyes. This gear item is essential.

Each person must consume a paintball gun. The gun is applied to annihilate your opponent, and thus is a severe piece in your armory. Remember to exhaustively search the different types of guns available prior to making your choice.

You must also have paintballs to shoot at your opponents. You should try to conserve your paintballs while playing and only shoot when you have the target in sight. Prudent use of your paintballs often reaps rewards later in the day.

The hopper is another piece of paintball gear you can’t do without. The hopper is where your paintballs are placed. Standard hoppers will load your gun at a rate of 12bps or less. For faster guns, you will want an electronic hopper.

The barrel is used to guide the paintball towards the specified target. Brass barrels are relatively low-cost and allow you to shoot in a continuous path and at sharper speeds because on that point cut back friction.

Having air supply is essential and is used in both guns and pistols. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide are available. The carbon dioxide is less expensive, but nitrogen is improved.

There are other optional accessories such as belt packs, scopes and kits that can establish you an even greater advantage over your opponent. Some accessories are needed to maintain your paintball in effective working condition. These include oil for lobbing your gun, a squeegee for cleaning the gun barrel, and extra rings and seals.

The paintball gear that we listed above can be used as a basic checklist for beginners as you research the sport, and before you begin making any purchases. Playing paintball is great fun, but the costs can run up quickly.

If you don’t have the extra money, start with the basic gear first, then purchase additional options as time goes on. Keep in mind you must be fully protected when playing paintball, so proper clothing and safety gear should be a top priority.

It is an exhilarating experience that requires coordination, strength, training and discipline. This will help you understand how to counterattack. Being an effective Gunner is about more than spraying the field with bullets. paintball gear bags

March 4, 2011

Fire Prevention And RV’s

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 4:45 pm

An RV – a Recreational Vehicle – is like a house on wheels. It is the landlubber’s counterpart to a barge, you can live in it whilst travelling the country. You are as free as a bird in your RV as you do not need to go where the hotels are located.

Having said that, the RV is also a mobile bomb carrying gallons of petrol or diesel and bottles of propane or calorgas. Therefore, you need to have clear safety procedures in place and you need to know and follow them. Fire safety is of the highest importance to the conscientious RV driver.

Fire extinguishers are described as either A, B, C, or D, which explains the sort of fire that they can be used to combat. If you did not already know it, you should not just squirt any fire extinguisher at any sort of fire. Using the wrong extinguisher on a fire can increase the risk, so be careful.

Having said that, some fire extinguishers can be used on different kinds of fires, so it is possible to find extinguishers rated as AB, BC and even ABC. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommends that all RV’s carry a BC rated extinguisher near the prime exit from the RV. A BC type extinguisher should be used to combat fires originating from flammable liquids and gases – just what an RV driver needs.

The key point about a fire extinguisher of the correct type is that it has to be in the right position. It is no use having a fire extinguisher if you cannot get to it to fight the fire when it breaks out.

If the diver’s cab is detached from the sleeping compartment, you should carry an extinguisher in the cab too. Keep one outside the RV and one inside it as well.

It is a decent idea to devise a fire prevention and fire safety course before you set out but make sure that your companions know how best to prevent and how best to deal with fires in the RV. Fires in confined spaces such as an RV, a caravan or a boat are particularly terrifying and dangerous, because you are more probable to be overwhelmed by the smoke and gases than in a house. Finding your way out of an unfamiliar RV that is full of smoke is not as easy as you might think.

You should also train your companions how to operate a fire extinguisher – after all, most individuals have never utilized one. Remember the word ‘PASS’, which stands for ‘Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep’.

This means, pull the pin, aim at the base of the fire, squeeze the lever and sweep the spray across the base of the fire until it is extinguished. The optimum distance from the fire is around eight feet, but this is not always possible.

If you have to make a decision between saving the vehicle or risking your life, let the RV burn, after all, it is insured. Never put yourself or others in danger for the sake of property.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on several topics, but is now involved with Safety Glasses USA. If you would like to know more, please visit our site at Safety Glasses Bifocal

March 3, 2011

Electrical Safety Tips

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Owen Jones @ 7:44 pm

The accidents related to electricity are caused by electrocution. Electrocution can result in: minor shocks, which can result in other accidents like falls; medium shocks, which can cause burns and even severe burns and major shocks which can result in death in the same way as in some American prisons.

The victim can be given an electric shock by coming into contact with a live wire or by the electricity from a live source arcing out – essentially finding earth through that person’s body. The majority of electric shocks are not serious and are over before you know what has happened but they are frightening afterwards.

A fall resulting from a mild electric shock probably has greater potential to be fatal than the shock itself. For example, if you were changing a light bulb from a chair and you reckoned that the power was off, yet it was not, you might receive a short sharp shock, and it could make you to fall off the ladder and break your neck.

On the other hand, high voltage electric shocks can cause burns deep in human tissue while leaving just minor signs of the injury on the outside. It is very critical not to become complacent about electricity, because, like the open sea, it does not suffer fools gladly. Here are a couple of electrical safety pointers to help keep you safe.

1] Always check power tools for damage and damaged plugs or frayed cords before use. You may have damaged it last time you used it and got away with it that time

2] If you are working in the same area as others, particularly on a building site, do not leave your leads trailing across the floor – try to tape them to a wall or a bench, because people may step on them, run wheel barrows over them or spill water on them.

3] Always use the correct gauge cable and fuse for your apparatus.

4] If anything gets warm when you are using it, be aware that it might be a sign of an approaching difficulty. Leave warm equipment or sockets to cool down, if it occurs again, get them checked by an electrician. Do not over load electrical sockets.

5] Strive to use a dry wooden ladder if you are working near cables, because wood does not conduct electricity.

6] If you are using any apparatus that produces heat or strong light, do not direct it on anything that could catch fire.

7] Fit fast-reacting circuit breakers between your equipment and the source of electricity to reduce the shock that you might get. These devices sense a faulty earth and turn the appliance off in milliseconds.

If your appliance or electrical equipment has a button for testing the earth, use it each day and if you want to work on a light socket, an electrical socket or the fuse box, test it first with one of those electrical screwdrivers with a small bulb in it. You poke it into the circuitry and the bulb lights up, you have just had a narrow escape. Be more cautious next time!

Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a number of topics, but is now involved with Uvex Safety Glasses. If you want to know more, please visit our site at Safety Glasses Bifocal

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