The Ideal Way To Light Up For Holidays

Holidays are coming! Decorating home for holidays or birthday is always fun and exciting. Even though it is summer here in Australia, decorating home with beautiful decorations and various lights in different colors brings everybody together. The decoration can be simple as just placing single tree in your home, or more complex and time consuming as is decorating the yard and outdoor trees with lights in different colors. And it is no time to be careless, especially when decorating and using dangerous electrical equipment. Every holiday season, there are many incidents reported and many homes are damaged because of faulty electrical wiring. You need to make sure that your home is as safe as possible by using appropriate electrical components and electrical equipment that is capable to support the various lighting decorations. Indoor and outdoor lighting decorations require close consideration because although they may look beautiful and amazing, such decorations are very dangerous if appropriate equipment is not used during their installation. Here’s how to safely light up your home.

Have A Well Designed Plan

Before you begin with decorations, either indoor or outdoor, determine the number and type of lights that you will use. Also make a clear diagram where you plan to install all the lights. Get all the tools, electrical equipment and accessories that are necessary for proper installation. Stopping in the middle of the process can be very frustrating, especially if you need to go to the local hardware store to purchase a power plug, lights, circuit breaker and other equipment.

Use High Quality Light Bulbs

Seven volt light bulbs should be avoided for home decorations. Although they are bigger and shine more brightly, they certainly burn hotter when compared with the standard Christmas lights. It has been reported that such light bulbs are one of the most common reason for home fires during the holiday season in Australia. This is especially true if the light bulbs are placed and installed near items that are flamable. When decorating outdoors use only bulbs that are specially designed for outdoor use. Do not use indoor lights because they are not able to withstand various weather conditions.

Use Appropriate Electrical Wiring Outlet

The outlets that are used for the outdoor wiring need to be GFI or ground fault interrupters. They can be flush and wall-mounted and are available in different styles and shapes. A UF or underground feed cable, is recommended for any type of underground wiring and installation. Proper and well-functioning power plug is also required for indoor and outdoor decorations. This power plug is highly resistant to different kinds of chemicals, mold and grease. The circuit breaker is another essential electrical device. The circuit breaker is a switch which can automatically interrupt the electrical flow in your home in a case of overload either indoors or outdoors. Appropriate and well functioning circuit breaker can help you a lot by protecting your family and home from unexpected electric shocks and fires. Today many different types of inverter generators can be used to power the light bulbs outside the house. Inverter transform DC power into AC power with high frequency. The benefits of using such inverter in your home are: lightweight and compact size, high quality electrical output, fuel efficiency, clean Eco power for usage.

Placing The Outlets And The Lights

You need to determine where it is best to place the waterproof electric outlets. Such electric outlets can have double duty – provide power for the Christmas lights and also power for other outdoor devices like post lanterns, electrical trimmers, radios and electrical mowers. Once all the power plugs and electrical outlets have been placed, it is time to decorate.

These several simple tips don’t take much time, but implementing them while decorating will surely make your Christmas lighting decoration installation easier and safer.