14 Must Have Power Tools in Your New Home

To make things easier, here is a shopping list of electrical appliances that must be prepared for your new home.

Congratulations on the construction of your new home! One of the things you need to pay attention to in preparing to occupy the house is the installation of electrical appliances.

There are many things that you have to prepare, so that the flow of electricity in your home is not disturbed. For that, here is a shopping list of electrical appliances that must be prepared for your new home.

You also need to consider using power-saving and power-saving devices that may come in handy later. There are a series of mandatory household electrical appliances and several conditional electric tools, with the following descriptions:

Must have electric tools at home

1. Electric socket
2. Switch
3. Plug
4. Lamp Fittings
5. Electric Safety
6. Lamp Ballast
7. Television and Telephone Socket
8. Power cable
9. Electric meter
10. Multiplug
11. ground
12. Melting Safety
13. Thermal Safety
14. Electrical installation protector
15. Conditional Power Tool
16. Power Saver Alat
17. Advantages and Disadvantages of Electrical Power Tools
18. How to Make an Electric Power Tool

Next, let's look at the description of the mandatory and conditional power tools that you will need below.

14 Must Have Electric Tools at Home

There are many types of power tools that must be prepared. No need to be confused, use the following guidelines from Rumah.com for 14 electrical appliances that must be in a new home.
1. Stop Contact

Must Have Electric Tools at Home

A good socket has a grip that does not decrease even when used as often as possible. Test it by repeatedly inserting and removing the plug. Look inside the socket to check the ground clamp which when pressed repeatedly will always return to its original shape.

Choose a clamp terminal made of brass or copper which conducts heat easily. Quoted from Anchor World, terminals made of iron or zinc usually don't conduct electricity well so that the sockets are easier to heat and rust.

2. Switch

A good quality switch sounds soft when you press the button of the power tool

The switch is used to connect and disconnect electrical power. Good quality switches sound soft when you press the button. This means the switch has a good spring system. For your safety, choose a switch with the SNI logo with guaranteed quality.

In addition, the switch casing material or the switch module frame made of polycarbonate will be safer because it has high heat resistance, thereby reducing the risk of burning. The fun thing is, now there are many switches that are of good quality and have an attractive design. This allows you to customize the color and shape of the switch to match the concept of the house.

Not only electric tools, you also need to consider building materials when building or renovating a house. Check out the list of building materials needed in the following article.

3. Plug

The plug is one of the most needed electrical tools in the home.

An electric plug or plug is an electrical device that is attached to the end of a cable. Plugs usually have 2 and 3 round metal electrodes. This plug with 3 electrodes or commonly called 3 feet serves to prevent electricity leakage and is generally used for electronic equipment with large watts.

Don't forget to always provide an adapter plug at home to connect equipment that has 3 legs to a 2-hole socket.

4. Light fittings

There are electric tools in the form of light fittings that can be adjusted to the type of lights at home.

The fitting is a place to put the light bulb. Judging from the placement, there are ceiling fittings that are attached to the ceiling, hanging fittings, and plug fittings for lights that are mounted directly on the socket. Light fittings also come in various sizes and materials, such as ceramic or plastic.
5. Electric safety

Electrical protection is used to prevent short circuits in electrical equipment.

When the power goes out, you may often hear the term fuse blown. Well, MCB (Miniature Circuit Breaker) and fuses are components to secure electronic circuits and electrical devices.

This tool consists of a fine wire that will melt or be cut off when the flow of electric current flows excessively or there is a short circuit / electrical short circuit. This happens to protect electronic devices from damage and prevent a fire hazard.

6. Lamp ballast

Lamp ballasts are useful for balancing electric currents in TL lamps

If you plan to use a TL lamp (Tubular Lamp), include a lamp ballast that is useful as a balancer for the electric current that enters the lamp so that the lamp works more stable and is not easily damaged.

There are 2 types of ballasts, namely electronic and transformer/transformer. Electronic ballasts are used more often because of their good power efficiency. The blinking of the lights also occurs in a high frequency so that it does not interfere with the eyes and has a lighter weight.

7. Television and Telephone Socket

In order for electrical appliance cables to be neatly and securely arranged, use sockets

This type of socket is shaped like a wall-mounted socket. The socket for the television has a round hole, while the socket for the telephone has 1 hole shaped like a house to connect the end of the telephone cable to the power line on your wall.

8. Power cord

One of the electrical equipment that is also important and definitely used is a cable

There are many types of cables that are often used in electrical installations of house buildings. Check out the explanation, advantages, and disadvantages in the following table.

Cable Type	Features	Deficiency	Advantages
NYA Cable	Most widely used in electrical installations at home. The diameter is 1.5-2.5 mm. It has a single core and is color coded red, blue, black, and yellow.	Easily damaged by rat bites, weather and scratches. Cables should be installed in closed pipes or conduits.	Affordable prices.
NYM Cable	It has 2-4 cores that are covered with insulators and the outer material is coated again with white and gray PVC insulation.	Not the type of planting cable. The price is more expensive than the NYA cable model.	Can be placed in both wet and dry environments. Has better security than NYA cable.
NYY Cable	Has 2-4 cores, with black PVC insulation.	The price is more expensive than NYM cable and still must be given additional protection such as ducts and PVC pipes.	Can be used in soil, in dry or damp places. The insulating material is stronger and stiffer than the NYM cable and is equipped with anti-rat bites.

9. Electricity Meter

This electric tool serves to measure the amount of power used.

You must have an electricity meter or kWh (kilo watt hour) meter to measure the amount of power used in a dwelling. The series of numbers on this electricity meter will move according to the consumer's electricity consumption.
10. Multiplug

The electric tool that you must have is a multiplug

Multiplug is a type of electrical appliance that has more than one socket, so those of you who have a need for a lot of electricity can use multiplug as an alternative.

Actually, this electric tool is commonly used in many households that subscribe to electricity, considering that its use is quite easy. Types of multiplug are now increasingly diverse, ranging from single multiplug or equipped with a long cable with a socket or usb cable.
11. Grounding or grounding

The usual power tool is near the electricity meter.

Grounding is another name for grounding which is generally always present in every household that has an electrical installation. Generally, this power tool is placed near the electricity meter so that everyone can see it easily.

Ground is the main electrical protective device that will activate when the voltage is too high and a leak occurs so that it is directly channeled to the ground. This is why grounding is so important.
12. Melting Safety

There are two types of melt safety.

The fuse or fuse has two types, namely the type of fused wire and buttons that have different tasks.

The melted wire type will break the electrical circuit by fusing the wire placed in a tube with a certain size while the button type works if there is a short circuit problem and normalizes it again by pressing the button.
13. Thermal Protection

This is a photo of thermal safety

Known as Miniature Circuit Breaker, this tool serves as a safety device in the event of a short circuit and overload.

This tool is very advantageous and more efficient than the melt safety device which is an overload protection device only. This tool is usually used by PLN as a power limiter in the house as well as a safety and main switch located under the KWH meter.
14. Electrical Installation Protector

This tool is important to protect against electrical installations at home.

To protect conductors or cables, electrical installation protection is needed in the form of pipes consisting of three types, namely union pipes, PVC pipes, and flexible pipes. Apart from being an installation protector, these three will also make an installation look neater and delivery safer.

Union pipes are made of metal which is likely to be dangerous if an error occurs during electrical installation, while PVC pipes are safer because they are made of paralon material even though they cannot withstand working temperatures above 60 degrees Celsius.

On the other hand, flexible pipes are made of scrap metal and PVC which are more flexible so they can be installed in difficult locations.

Conditional Power Tool

The following electrical equipment is being discussed a lot because of its function which is said to be able to reduce electricity costs, even though quite a lot of electronic devices are used at the same time. Please note, these two types of tools are not recommended by the State Electricity Company (PLN). Read the explanation to determine if you need to have the following power tools at home.
1. Electricity Saving Tool

This electric tool can make you profit or stun

This electric tool consists of a capacitor equipped with a plug, an indication lamp, and a voltage meter. Its use is simply installed on one of the switches in the house. The way this electricity-saving device works is to withstand the load generated by electronic equipment.

Although more efficient, the use of this power tool is not risk-free. With this tool, your electronic device is forced to work under normal conditions due to manipulated electrical power. This can result in electronic equipment being damaged quickly.

2. Electrical Power Tool

Look at the advantages and disadvantages of power tools before deciding to use them

Similar to electricity-saving devices, electric power-enhancing devices also promise to consume electricity without increasing the cost of electricity consumption. This tool has a shape like several series of tubes containing capacitors equipped with cables, plugs and sockets.

• Advantages and disadvantages of electric power tools

For your consideration, here are the pluses and minuses of using an electric power booster at home.

Advantages	Deficiency
At one time can use more electronics than ever before.	Electrical voltage becomes unstable
The price of buying tools is cheaper than the price of adding electricity to PLN.	The contact power on the meter is often problematic, which is quickly damaged and flammable
Greater power usage.	Requires large electrical energy when turned on. This adds to the daily electricity consumption.

• How to make an electric power tool

If you want to try it, you can make it using a new or used coil. Actually, the principle of this tool is to amplify electrical power and not add power illegally.

Prepare two coils for each cable. Connect the first end of the coil to the plug using the cable and the other end to the power outlet. Do it for the other coil. With a longer cable coil, the electrical path is also longer, so this tool is strong enough to turn on electronic devices with great power.