NO CARRY OVER-LOAD!

"No carry over-load," was a phrase  used by bus drivers in a rather lame way of advising their conductors not to over-load the vehicle with more goods and people than the bus could bear. The conductors would often not heed this advice and load as much as they can unto the bus in order to make extra cash in a trip. Accidents have happened because of over-loaded buses and accidents still happen because of over-loaded electrical sockets.

Every electrical socket has a rated power which usually is the maximum electrical load it can hold. Exceeding this often causes short-circuiting, which in turn leads to overheating. When overheating occurs on electrical devices, insulators melt, and fire starts. When fire starts, the outcome may be loss of property or even worse still, death.

Most electrical devices have their rating clearly written on them. You may find this in small prints behind the devices. Know the ratings and do not exceed them. You may have gotten away once or even more times with over-loading an electrical socket or device, probably because you were lucky. When luck runs out like it always eventually does (ask a gambler), fire will start and losses will be incurred. 

I implore you to always be safe, overloading electrical sockets and devices is very unsafe, stop it and encourage others to stop it as well.

For more details on how to avoid overloading electrical sockets and appliances the kind folks at +Electrical Safety First, +Electrical Engineers Online, +Electrical Technology, +Electrical Basics, +Electrical Safety Testing Laboratory, +Luminaire Testing Laboratory, LED Testing Laboratory may be willing to answer your questions.

Onwuka Chukwuemeka,

Health Safety & Environment,

Eaglesgambit |  Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria  |  +234 70 433 19 172  |  +234 80 570 44 512

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