Importance of Installing Safety Switches

These days many businesses are expected to have an adequate level of electrical safety measures.

Having a safety switch is one of the most important electrical safety measures all businesses should have. Does your business facility actually have a safety switch or circuit breakers?

Installing Safety Switches

Safety switches are often confused with circuit breakers because of their similar roles. A safety switch monitors electrical flow through circuitry and triggers when it detects a leakage.

Safety switches are the best way to protect yourself and others in the workplace from any electrical hazards. Their main goal is to prevent electrocution or general human injury. Circuit breakers trigger when there is a surge of power that might lead to an overload. One example would be lightning striking your business property. Breakers and fuses protect the technology and electrical equipment in the building, but not the people inside it.

With this mind, electrical panels should have both safety switches and circuit breakers. Safety switches are less common but have the potential to be even more important. They should be installed on all circuits as an extra line of defence.

Circuits can include hot water, air conditioning, pools, and ovens. Anything that uses electricity can cause electrical burns or other injuries. Even something as unlikely as animals chewing on electrical cords could happen.

You can also detect faulty appliances through safety switches. There's something called “nuisance tripping” which happens in some circumstances. It's when a safety switch constantly turns off, even when there doesn't seem to be any reason for it. Usually, this means there is some electrical appliances or devices with a manufacturing defect. Some of these defects have the potential to injure – or even kill – someone.

Safety switches need checking every three months - and AAE Industries are very familiar with them. Once installed by a qualified electrician, you can easily test the safety switches yourself - as models should have a “test” button for ease of use. Every building should have safety switches because of their indispensability.

Many are inexpensive and could save a life one day, let AAE Industries assist you with commercial safety switches installation.