Danny’s Electrical Service, Inc., Never Recommends DIY Electrical Work
When you need electrical work around your home or business, do you really need to hire a professional electrician? With the proliferation of DIY television shows and online videos available to everyone, is hiring an electrician worth the money? After all, how hard can it really be? Can’t you just follow step-by-step and handle it all yourself?
Here at Danny’s Electrical Service, Inc., in Christiansburg, VA, we recommend that you never, ever attempt residential or commercial electrical work as a DIY project. There are many inherent dangers in electrical systems. If someone isn’t intimately familiar with their ins, their outs, and their complexities, it may be catastrophic. It very well could be fatal. There are hundreds of recorded electrical deaths per year. There are also around 30,000 shock incidents per year that are non-fatal.
Your life and your health are the most important concerns when attempting a DIY electrical fix. However, there are also other dangers to your home or place of business or your possessions to think about. This month, let’s dive a little deeper into why it’s so much better to hire a professional electrician for any electrical work you may require.
A DIY Electrical Fix Can Be a Danger to Yourself
As we have already mentioned, DIY electrical work presents many dangers to those attempting to complete it. Yes, there are almost countless DIY shows and videos available, but more often than not, the people featured in them have some professional electrical training. They may understand the underlying hazards themselves but may not properly communicate them to the viewer.
If you mess up a DIY plumbing project, it will only be your pipes, your faucets, or your toilets that suffer harm. With electrical work, an amateur mistake could be fatal or cause you to suffer a serious injury. The above study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information also stated that five percent of all burn unit admissions in the United States are due to electrical injuries. It is just not worth the risk to yourself to attempt a DIY electrical fix.
Don’t Forget About the Dangers to Your Family and Home
Just as much as a DIY electrical fix can be a danger to yourself, it can also be a danger to your family. It can be a danger to your employees and your customers. And it can be a danger to your home or business itself.
You may complete the electrical work “successfully” in your DIY project, meaning that it works. However, there are numerous proper procedures to follow when doing the job. Shoddy electrical work and loose connections can put your loved ones, your friends, and your employees unnecessarily at risk. A faulty job could cause them to suffer an injury from a shock or, even worse, be injured or killed in an electrical fire. And that electrical fire could damage or destroy your house, office, garage, or workshop, as well as the belongings inside. It may not even happen right away, but the risk from inferior DIY work will always be there. You have to ask yourself if “how hard can it be?” and “I could save so much money” is really worth the danger.
Your Appliances, Electronics, and Business Equipment Can Suffer, Too
So far, we’ve talked about the dangers of death, injuries, shocks, and fires from improper DIY electrical work. However, there is also a risk to your electronics, appliances, and business equipment. Different objects that use electricity have different voltage levels. This means they can only take so many volts of electricity as they operate. If they receive more through their power source, it could damage or destroy the object. This is why many people use surge protectors to guard their computers, televisions, and other electronic devices.
As people complete electrical work, they must understand these voltage levels. Improper wiring could fritz out the appliances or business equipment they rely on or even fry the outlet itself. Smart TVs, computers, dishwashers, microwaves, and more could be at risk. And shoddy electrical work can bring a business to a screeching halt, as the necessary equipment suffers damage. This means lost time, lost income, and a lot of expenses as you fix or replace those vital machines.
You Can Trust Danny’s Electrical Service, Inc., for Electrical Work
We know. That seems like a lot of doom and gloom, right? But we want you to understand the dangers that a DIY electrical project can bring with it. Never, ever take electricity lightly. Please don’t say, “it won’t happen to me,” because it can very well happen to you. A professional, trustworthy electrician should handle any and all residential or commercial electrical work.
Here at Danny’s Electrical Service, Inc., we have the expertise and experience to successfully solve any electrical problem or install any electrical system at your home or business in Virginia’s New River Valley. We can do electrical panel work, safety evaluations, LED conversion and installation, power savers and surge protectors, and so much more. Our owner, Danny Buonpane, has more than three decades of experience as an electrician. We understand all of the intricacies of electrical work and always use proper procedures and methods. No doubt about it, we will install it or fix it right the first time. We eliminate the worry from electrical work. Don’t try to be an amateur electrician; trust the professional electricians at Danny’s Electrical Service, Inc.
When you need electrical work for your home or your business in the New River Valley, call Danny’s Electrical Service, Inc., at (540) 998-5750. For more updates, like us on Facebook! Don’t attempt any DIY electrical work. Remember to hire a professional electrician.