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Home Electrical Safety

Protecting Your Family and Home

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There's no time like the present to take a good look around your home and make the necessary changes to eliminate electrical hazards that can potentially lead to fires or electric shock. Learn more about all of Leviton's offerings that can help to keep your family and home safe.

AFCIs – Help Prevent Home Electrical Fires

AFCIs (Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters) outlets are designed to help prevent electrical fires that can be caused by potentially dangerous arc-faults. An arc-fault is an unintentional arcing condition that occurs in an electrical circuit. Arcing can create high intensity heat which can ignite surrounding material such as wood framing or insulation. If the AFCI detects a hazardous arcing condition, it responds by interrupting the electricity in that circuit.

GFCIs – Help Prevent Electric Shock

GFCIs (Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters) outlets are important safety devices that help protect people from electrical shocks due to hazardous ground-faults. GFCIs monitor the electrical power that is fed to anything plugged into the outlet. If a ground-fault is detected, it shuts off power to the item in a fraction of a second, to help prevent serious injury or death.

Dual Function AFCI/GFCI

Protection from electrical fires that could result from arc-faults and from electrical shock due to ground-faults is an important part of every home’s electrical system. Dual Function AFCI/GFCI outlets help to create a safer living environment by offering protection from both hazards in one smart device.

Tamper-Resistant

Tamper-Resistant® outlets help protect children from electrical hazards that can occur if they attempt to insert a foreign object, such as keys, into an outlet. They are a “must have” for all rooms where children are present.

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Upgrade to Leviton GFCI Outlets for a Safer Home – Project of the Week

Nothing is more important than your family. See how upgrading standard outlets to tamper-resistant outlets and GFCI outlets can help keep your family safe and protected.

Leviton Answer Series: Preventing Electrical Shock

Learn how to keep your family safe from electrical shock with Leviton GFCIs.

Leviton Answer Series: What To Do When Your GFCI Outlet Trips

Your GFCI outlet tripped...now what? Watch this quick video to learn more.

Leviton Answer Series: Explaining Fire and Shock Protection

Leviton provides best-in-class electrical protection against fire and shock. Learn the difference between each of these life-saving technologies.

AFCI Protection from Leviton

Often unseen, arc-faults can occur anywhere in the home's electrical system including within walls, at loose electrical connections or within electrical cords accidentally damaged by impinging furniture.

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