Struggling with your electric bill? Appliances like your Air conditioner, water heater or any other similar appliances can be costly. Sometimes cutting down on energy consumption helps, but sometimes unplugging an appliance after use, taking short showers using water heater is not going to help to keep your electricity bills down. Sometimes is better to consider how old the electrical wiring is in your house or any other rental property is. Old or aged electrical wirings means your house is not capable of performing the electrical service required for today’s standards. Worried that this might be you? It’s not just costly having out dates wirings but hazardous. Which means it might be time for electrical rewiring. Search for the best DEWA approved cable laying contractor in Dubai.
Is it time for rewiring?
If your house is at least 10-20 years old, then there is a good chance for wirings getting outdated which means it is not designed to handle several appliances at once, that means there’s danger of overloading. If the wiring in your home can’t handle the workload, then this means you have to handle with the frustration of plating with the circuit breakers or even worse. Sometimes the wires will get overheat and possibly start a fire. More recent generations electrical wiring was protected with a rubber coating, which means over the years can gradually deteriorate and expose the wire, this can also cause a fire hazard. If you have a plan to sell your house and if there is any out dated wiring then you won’t pass the house inspection.
Luckily, there are many options
Being safe is always better than being sorry. It is better to conduct an inspection once every two or three years by a qualified electrician. But if it is time to rewire your home, then don’t fret. Depending up on the age of your house, the solution could be simple as updating your electrical service panel, or do the much more challenging task of an electrical rewiring for your entire house.
- Upgrading your Electrical Panel
Let’s say if you had the electrician inspect your home and he figures out your house has only 100 amps but you have a big family, have a lot of appliances and requires a 200 amps. Then upgrading the electrical panel is generally the first step towards rewiring and generally at most, and will not cost you much compared to complete rewiring.
Entire electrical rewiring for your house can be very expensive, if you don’t feel comfortable rewiring your entire home then a brand new electrical panel can still help with your electrical problems. But if your electrician discovers that your home has faulty wiring then upgrading panels won’t fix the problem.
- Rewiring your house
If your home is at least 40 years old, then definitely it’s time to rewire your house. The idea is to remove the complete old wire out before installing non-metallic wires, which is easier to work with, which is safer and won’t heat up with the insulation.
Sometimes tearing up the wall is the only option to get the wires before they can place the new wires in and patch seal everything behind new drywall. Electrician requires to cut down some specific area of the walls to get the wires. Electricians uses fish tapes, a thin metal line to fish wires through the walls.
Typical requirements for a rewired home
- If any of your rooms have ground fault circuit interrupters, then this will help protect you from high currents and electrocution.
- If your home has grounding wires. Electrical systems are safest when grounded but old homes do not usually have grounding wires. Grounding wires creates a path for electricity to flow whenever there is electricity malfunction. Therefore, instead of an electric shock the electricity flows straight to the earth.
Signs that shows your house needs rewiring
Safety is the first priority and outdated wires and faulty wires is a serious threat to house owners. There are some distinct clues to when rewiring your house is a serious option.
- Flickering bulb and lights
- Discolored outlets
- A constant burning plastic smell with a sizzling sound
- Blown fuses and frequent tripped circuit boards
- Damaged wires that are visible.
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