Appliance Safety

Turn your safety switch to "on"

Knowing how to take care of your electrical appliances before or during an outage can help ensure your safety, as well as help keep your appliances in working order.

• Use a surge protector to protect electrical items like your computer, TV and DVD player. This can prevent a sudden surge of electricity from damaging them.
• Unplug all appliances (toasters, televisions, fans, lights, etc.), especially any that were being used when the power outage occurred.
• Do not open your refrigerator door unless you absolutely have to. If you open the refrigerator door, cold air will rush out and warm air will rush in.
• Turn all lights to the off position, but leave one on so you will know when power returns. Turn a bedroom light to the on position if the power is still out when you go to sleep. This is to wake you up so you can check to make sure the food in your refrigerator is still good.