• Make sure all three-wire tools and appliances with flexible cords are properly grounded.
  
  
• Guard live parts of electrical equipment against accidental contact.
  
  
• Identify the circuits served by the fuses, circuit breakers or disconnect switches and record them in the panel board directory.
  
  
• Protect flexible cords and cables from physical damage.
  
  
• Ground exposed parts of fixed equipment that could be energized.
  
  
• Make sure all ground paths from equipment and enclosures are permanent and continuous.
  
  
• Keep slack in flexible cords to prevent tension on terminals.
  
  
• Make sure the insulating qualities of splice are equal to or greater than the original cord.
  
  
• Make certain that there are no obstructions limiting air circulation near equipment ventilating openings.
  
  
• Locate overcurrent protective devices (i.e., circuit breakers or fuses) where they can be easily and quickly reached.
  
  

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