HOW TO TURN OFF ELECTRICITY & GAS

TURNING OFF ELECTRICITY

1. Know where your home's main electric switch is. It could either be a pull handle or very large circuit breakers inside your panel box. These allow you to turn off the electric supply to your entire home quickly in case of an earthquake.
2. Know where your fuse box or circuit- breaker box is located.
3. Know how to reset a circuit breaker. After turning off or unplugging the appliance(s) on the circuit, push the switch to the OFF position and then back ON. If the overload is cleared, the electricity will come back on. if your circuit breakers trip off repeatedly, there could be a problem with the appliance(s) on that circuit. If the appliance(s) are unplugged but the circuit breaker trips off again, call your local ELECTRICIAN.

                                        DO's                                                                                                DONT's                                             

• Blown fuses must be REPLACED, not REPAIRED.                              Do NOT replace a fuse with one of higher
• Know where the correct sizes of any fuses needed                         amperage.

          in your home and keep spares on hand.

• If a fuse blows, disconnect or turn off the appliance(s)

          that may have caused the problem. 

• Shut off the main electric switch before replacing a fuse.

TURNING OFF GAS :D 

1. Knowing the location of your MAIN shutoff valve and keeping a crescent-type wrench handy will help you turn off the gas supply to your entire home quickly.
2. Normally you won't need to shut off a gas meter unless there is a strong odor or sound of escaping gas or if there is MAJOR damage to the building.
3. If your gas is turned off, there may be a delay before the gas company can turn your service back ON.

                                     DO's                                                                                                   DONT's

• Leave gas off until service can be re-established safely               Do NOT turn gas back on YOURSELF.

          by a gas company service person or other qualified                   

          professionals.

• Know which of your appliance(s) use natural gas.
• Know where the appliance gas shutoff valves are located

          and how to turn them off.