7 How to Install a Home Light Switch Safely

Home maintenance is not only on physical factors that look like furniture, walls and tiles. But maintain also the factors embedded in the wall, namely How to Install a Home Electrical Installation. The existence of electric current is not felt, but if something is damaged, the impact is also not comfortable for the whole family. The lights are not lit and the room can be pitch black.

If there is someone in the house who is experiencing a power failure, it means that the damage is on the lamp or the electricity. When you have bought a new lamp but it still does not turn on, you should immediately check the electrical switch. It could be because the switch you have had a long time ago and some of the screws are rusting, then it's time to replace the old light switch with a new switch.

A Safe Installation Steps for  Home Light Switch

How to Install a Home Light Switch is not as difficult as how to install a home electrical installation. Don't wait long to find out how to install a new double switch. Because a dark room can cause discomfort to other family members. If there are no craftsmen you can ask for help, you can do it yourself. What you need to pay attention to is only accuracy and safety factors. How to install a light switch and how to install a safe double switch are as follows:

• Prepare equipment to install a light switch, namely: single switch, NYM cable or copper wire cable, lamp fittings, switch box, cable protector pipe, pipe clamp, combination pliers, screwdriver and taspen, insulation / duct tape for how to connect the electrical cable.
• Turn off your home's electric current source. The trick is to turn off the MCB contained in the electricity meter or kwh meter box. Make sure that the electric current has died using tespen. If the tespen handle is still lit when the MCB is dead, it means there is an electricity leak. If the tespen does not turn on, it means that you are ready to dismantle the switch cable hole to install the light switch. All you have to consider is, before dismantling it of course you must know how to install the electricity meter first.
• Dismantle the switch that does not work by opening the screws using a screwdriver. Then remove all the cables installed in the switch. If the switch is single or not side by side with the socket, there will be two cables indicating one inlet cable and one cable coming out.
• Take the new switch and watch for the pin in the middle. Press the red pin for the incoming cable and press the white pin for the cable to exit towards the lamp.
• How to Install an Electrical Installation The next home is to attach the cable from the old switch to the new switch. Tighten the end of the cable so that the electric current can be maximized towards the lamp.
• Test the electricity first on the lamp if it can already turn on. Surely turn on the MCB first. When the light switch is working properly. The trick is to try the on / off button. If the lamp has not lit properly, it needs to be checked again, maybe the cable installed on the pin is really tight. If it still doesn't work, there may be other problems that clog up the installation cable embedded in the wall.
• If the switch for the lamp has been successfully lit, then replace the new switch on the switch hole. Tighten the screws on the four sides to make it look neat and secure against the wall.

How to install a light switch is quite easy, right? In less than an hour, you can enjoy a bright room again. Before you begin the step of installing a faulty light switch, also pay attention to the security factors in dealing with electricity so that you remain safe when making repairs.


Safety Factor
Dealing with How to Install the Power Cable must be with extra caution and security. After all, the electrical voltage is not physically visible by the eye but is quickly felt by the skin. When you hit the skin without you realizing it, it causes a shock that can make you hurt. Therefore, consider carefully the following safeguards. When installing a light switch, pay attention to the following things to be safe for you whole family.

• The first safeguard when installing your home light switch is to turn off the mains voltage before opening the switch box. No matter how good you are in electrical matters, this method you must do for the safety of yourself and family members at home. Home electric current as low as any voltage, is still dangerous when in contact with human skin. Turning off the home voltage source by turning off the MCB in the electricity meter box.
• Use footwear when fixing the light switch. Hands must also be dry. This avoids everything that can cause you to get an electric shock unexpectedly. Maybe there are others who accidentally turn on the MCB without knowing that you are fixing the light switch. 
• Avoid voltage connected again is second layer security that is no less important. You do this by removing the fuse box. Don't forget to keep the fuse under your supervision so that no one takes it. MCB boxes can be easily turned on by people who don't know if you are fixing a home light switch. So when the fuse has been released, even though the MCB is turned on, the electric current will still not flow and endanger you. There are also ways other than removing fuses, namely by installing a security lock on the MCB.
• The next trim to be safe when installing a light switch is to make sure the voltage around is off. Use a voltmeter or tespen electric current tester. When the voltmeters move or the tespen lights up, it means there is an electrical leak. Stop installing a broken electrical switch in your home.
• If your home is large, there will be two or more electricity from the electricity meter and MCB. If you only turn off one of the MCBs, then give any electric current signs that are still on. Don't let you forget and assume all electricity has been turned off.

In addition to the five main steps above, all you need to add is high level awareness. Working on electrical repairs requires extra protection and high concentrations to be safe.

That is how to install a safe light switch. May be useful