{"id":1073,"date":"2016-06-01T15:55:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2016-06-01T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T15:55:52","slug":"be-careful-of-water-damaged-electrical-wires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/be-careful-of-water-damaged-electrical-wires\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Careful of Water Damaged Electrical Wires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had quite a wet Spring here in New England, which can be good for those of us with a green thumb. However, with the constant downpour,\u00a0there can be some serious wire damage.<\/p>\n<h2>Dangers of Water Damage to Electrical Wiring<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fire Risk<\/strong> &#8211; You can suffer from a serious fire if there is damage to the wires. When wires are exposed, this can become extremely dangerous.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Electrical Shock<\/strong> &#8211; Electrocution can occur from a variety of ways including failure of electric tools, equipment or standing water. In some cases, this can be fatal!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Damage of Home Appliances<\/strong> &#8211; Both electricity and wiring are very specific and if anything alters the circuitry, power surges can occur along with other malfunctions which can fry appliances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Identifying Water-Damaged Electrical Wiring<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Submerged Wires<\/strong> -ANY wire that comes into contact with standing water should be replaced ASAP.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Light Buzzing<\/strong> &#8211; After heavy rain, you may notice a hum or light buzzing coming from several wires or appliances. You should never try to fix the buzzing yourself because this could be a rogue charge which will shoot into you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you had submerged wires that have dried out AND the wires have been shut off, you can use heavy-duty work gloves to move the wires. For professional <a href=\"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/residential-electrical-services-ma\/\">residential<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/commercial-electrical-services-ma\/\">commercial electrical services<\/a>, contact Cardoso Electrical Services at <a href=\"tel:7812467700\">781.246.7700.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had quite a wet Spring here in New England, which can be good for those of us with a green thumb. However, with the constant downpour,\u00a0there can be some serious wire damage. Dangers of Water Damage to Electrical Wiring Fire Risk &#8211; You can suffer from a serious fire if there is damage to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bwmsites.com\/cardoso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}