Help protect your home, possessions, and family.
Understanding your home’s electrical distribution system As one of the most important systems in your home, your electrical system is essential to your daily life. At the heart of this system is the load center, an electrical panel that includes circuit breakers, which help protect you and your home 24 hours a day from electrical shock, fire, and other damage that could be caused by overloads or short circuits.
Added electrical protection for your home.
The following items may be installed in your HomeLine or QO load center: Help protect against harmful electrical shocks caused by ground faults. GFIs are required in parts of the home where electricity could possibly come into contact with water, such as bathrooms, kitchens, patios, and garages. GFI circuit breakers combine ground fault protection with the functions of a standard circuit breaker.
Help protect against power loss and power surges. You may consider adding these devices to your home for power to selected circuits during a utility power outage. Connect a backup power generator. Your home can lose power for a variety of reasons – from summertime brownouts to severe storms. A Square D generator panel can connect critical circuits, such as lighting and heat, to a backup power source.
Help protect home electronics from damaging surges. Surges can enter your home’s electrical system externally (e.g., lightning or utility surges) or can be generated within the home by other equipment or appliances. These internally created surges are even more common than external ones and can damage connected equipment, like your television or personal computer.
Troubleshooting your electrical system 8
Lights won’t work? It may sound obvious, but make sure the light switch is in the ON position, especially if the light is controlled by more than one switch or plugged into a receptacle that’s controlled by a light switch. A burned out bulb is another obvious, but often overlooked, culprit. If the switch is on, and the bulb is good, you may have a tripped circuit breaker. Go to your load center and look for a breaker that’s in the tripped or OFF position via the orange Visi-Trip indicator.
Troubleshooting your electrical system Air conditioning quits? Oftentimes, a blown fuse can be the cause of an air conditioning unit not functioning. Check the outdoor air conditioning disconnect to be sure it is in the ON position. Then, check your load center for a tripped circuit breaker. Make sure no one is working on the electrical system, then firmly move the tripped handle to the OFF position and then back to the ON position.
• Square D load centers, combination service entrance devices, and generator panels carry a 10-year limited warranty. • Square D circuit breakers carry a lifetime warranty when used for residential applications. • Square D products consistently exceed standard requirements and provide unmatched quality and performance.
