Home Safety Checklist: 

RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL INSPECTION LIST

IS Your BREAKER PANEL FILLED TO CAPACITY, EVEN SOME BREAKER BEING HALF THE SIZE OF THE REST?

ARE ALL YOUR RECEPTACLES GROUNDED AND WIRED WITH THE CORRECT POLARITY?

DO YOU HAVE VISIBLY EXPOSED WIRING ANYWHERE IN OR ON YOUR HOME, ESPECIALLY OUTDOORS?

IS YOUR PANEL UP TO DATE WITH MODERN CIRCUIT BREAKERS, OR ARE YOU STILL USING PLUG FUSES OR OUTDATED, OBSOLETE CIRCUIT BREAKERS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OLD? DOES YOUR BREAKER PANEL LACK A MAIN SHUT OFF CIRCUIT BREAKER?

IS YOUR ELECTRICAL SERVICE PROPERLY GROUNDED (OTHER THAN THE WATER PIPE?)

ARE ANY OF YOUR OUTLET BOXES GENERATING HEAT OR DO THEY SEEM WARM TO THE TOUCH?

IS YOUR HOME PROTECTED WITH GFI RECEPTACLES WHERE REQUIRED?

DOES YOUR BATHROOM (GFI) OUTLET TRIP THE BREAKER WHEN A HAIR DRYER OR CURLING IRON IS BEING USED, AND DOES IT AFFECT MORE THAN JUST THE BATHROOM?

DO YOUR ELECTRICAL CORDS PLUG TIGHTLY INTO THE RECEPTACLES?

DO YOUR RECEPTACLES SLIGHTLY MOVE ON THE WALL UNDER THE COVER PLATE WHEN PLUGGING IN A CORD?

DO YOUR LIGHTS FLICKER?

DO YOU FIND THE NEED FOR EXTENSION CORDS?

DO YOU USE SPACE HEATERS?

DO YOU HAVE HARD WIRED, BATTERY BACK-UP SMOKE ALARMS INSTALLED?