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The electrical system, including the panel, breakers
and all wiring, should be of great concern to home buyers and home owners. Very few home inspectors are qualified and have
the skill and expertise to make a complete detailed assessment of an electrical system. Our electricians at Carry the Light
Electric are knowledgeable, skilled and trained to do an excellent safety inspection at your home or business - we are licensed
master electricians. Our basic home inspection already includes an inspection of the electrical system that exceeds industry
standards for home inspections. Our typical safety inspection is very customized to your home or business and will include
the following items. If we begin to detect problems or issues at one or more components, we will expand our detection
process until we have discovered the root issues.
- We remove and inspect a select
number of wiring devices (outlets, switches, etc.) to check the condition of the device and the wire feeding the device -
a representative number of devices will be checked. (Typically,
we check 10-15% of the devices, but if we find problems in some of the devices, we increase the number of devices that we
check so that we can better assess the likelihood that problems exist in other areas)
- We check the condition of the device and the wire feeding the device
- We check for open grounds
- We check for proper
polarity
- We check the integrity of the connections
- We check to see whether the outlets, switches or devices are properly wired (i.e.
proper wiring methods and workmanship)
- We inspect the main panel
and sub panels for proper grounding, bonding, and integrity of connections.
- We check the integrity of the water meter bonding jumper if it is present.
- We check for the presence of a driven ground rod and the integrity of the connection.
- We check for proper grounding of supplemental systems such as telephone and cable television and the
integrity of the connections.
- We check critical areas for potential
corrosion problems that may result from improper connections or the use of dissimilar metals.
- We test the operation of all Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters.
- We test and check the operation of all smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
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