Does the back of your TV look like you’re powering a small city? One of the biggest issues in most homes now is that we don’t have enough power points to manage all of our appliances especially, for example, in the lounge room with all the technology around the TV. Apart from power point wiring looking unsightly, overloading power boards is one of the most common causes of frequent circuit breaker tripping and can even cause a fire.
If you plug too many appliances into the one power point or run appliances that draw high amps at the same time you are likely to get a power point overload. The most common energy-guzzling appliances include:
- Kitchen appliances such as electric kettles, mixers, toasters and blenders
- Bathroom appliances such as hairdryers and electric razors
- Heaters and fans
Running a few power-hungry devices at the same time usually causes the circuit breaker to trip.
While using a double plug adaptor or a power board are absolutely fine, the problem comes when people 
‘daisy-chain’ power boards. Apart from the tangle of power point wiring looking messy, this is incredibly dangerous and is a house fire waiting to happen.
There are some simple precautions you can take such as unplugging appliances when they’re not is use or only using a couple of appliances at a time on the same circuit.
However, the easiest solution is to have an electrician install a new socket for you. Installing new power points is a quick and easy job if you’re finding that you don’t have enough sockets to manage all of your electrical needs, give us a call.
We’re regularly doing power point installations and there are some great new power point sockets which incorporate USB ports in them now as well. So if you want to tidy up your power point wiring and improve the electrical safety of your home, give us a call today.
