What to do when electrical outlets get hot

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What To Do When Electrical Outlets Get Hot

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• Electrical outlets in new buildings should not
  get hot, but if they do then there is a real
  problem and you need to have it sorted straight
  away. It can happen in older buildings where a
  number of things could be causing wiring and
  electrical outlets to get hot, but whenever, any
  outlets or plugs get hot, you need to call an
  Electrician on the Gold Coast immediately as
  something has gone wrong and its potentially a
  very dangerous situation. These are the steps you
  should take

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• The first thing to do is to find the circuit
  breaker or fuse that controls that outlet and
  turn it off or remove the fuse link.
• Then remove anything thats plugged into that
  outlet

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• Sometimes using devices that contain an inline,
  step down, voltage transformer such as
  rechargeable batteries, laptops, cell phones,
  electric hand tools, rechargeable lights etc, a
  power outlet can become warm, but they will never
  make it too hot to touch. If its more than warm,
  switch it off and do not use it.
• If you want to check to see if thats the case,
  then wait a few hours so the outlet is a normal
  temperature and plug in an appliance that does
  not have a transformer and see if it still heats
  up. You will then know if it was your wiring or
  one of your devices thats at fault

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• Often a circuit will have multiple outlets, so it
  may be, there are just too many things plugged
  into the circuit especially if you are using
  adapters with additional outlets
• An outlet can become warm because its
  overloaded, but it should never become hot
• Sometimes an outlet will become warm when not
  being used or if there is only one appliance
  drawing a low current from it. This could be
  because there are other appliances drawing a load
  from other outlets on the same circuit

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• A loose or warn connection can cause electrical
  fittings to overheat
• If your drawing more power than the wiring on
  your circuit can handle, because the wires are
  too small, they will heat up because of the
  resistance this causes and become a fire hazard

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• For some reason, mice and other rodents seem to
  be attracted to the plastic insulation on
  electrical wiring and will chew it right down
  until the wire is bare, allowing the wires to
  touch each other. Sometimes this will not trip a
  circuit breaker or blow a fuse to remove the
  risk, but it will cause enough resistance in the
  circuit so it heats up, possibly enough to cause
  a fire.

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• It is vital that if you have any concerns with
  warm or hot electrical connections you contact
  your local Electrician on The Gold Coast. If they
  are not available, call the local fire
  department. Tell them, although this is not an
  emergency, you are worried about your building
  wiring heating up and ask if they can check it to
  ensure its safe.

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Thank You

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