How to Shut Off Your Electricity
It is important to know where all your home’s electrical panels are located and how to turn the electricity off in case of emergency. (There may be more than one panel.)
Your home may be equipped with fuses or circuit breakers.
If your house has fuses, you will find a knife switch handle or pullout fuse that should be marked "MAIN."
If your home has circuit breakers, you may need to open the metal door of the breaker box to reveal the circuit breakers (never remove the metal cover). The main circuit breaker should be clearly marked showing “ON” and “OFF” positions.
Remove all the small fuses or turn off all the small breakers first, then shut off the “MAIN."
If you have any sub-electrical panels next to the main fuse box or breaker panel or in other parts of the home, in an emergency shut them off, too. Shorts can sometimes develop that cause a circuit to bypass the breaker or fuse.
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