Smolenskenergo reminds about electrical safety during holidays

Power engineers of the Rosseti Center branch - Smolenskenergo remind of the need to comply with electrical safety rules.

With the onset of holidays, most schoolchildren spend their leisure time mainly in the fresh air, and not always under the supervision of adults.

Among the main risk factors on the street, in addition to moving vehicles, working electrical equipment. As a rule, children do not realize the danger that comes from energy facilities and can get into trouble. That is why power engineers remind of the need to comply with electrical safety rules near power facilities on the street:

Do not approach the broken wires of power lines (power lines). Often, during bad weather, wires break on power lines. Remember that to cut wires on the ground, trees can not approach closer than 8 m.

- You can not climb on the supports of power lines, climb on the roofs of houses, buildings, abandoned buildings near which power lines pass, as well as run pyrotechnics, kites and other flying devices near overhead lines. It is possible to accidentally touch or approach an unacceptable distance to the wires of the power line. Games near power lines, throwing sticks, stones, balloons or ropes on wires, can cost lives.

- You can not fish, as well as move with a fishing rod raised up under the power line. Most modern fishing rods are long and made of carbon fiber. The carbon in the fibers is a very good conductor of electric current. It is enough to bring a fishing rod, carry in a vertical position under the power line, so that there is a breakdown of the air gap. The outcome is severe: either burns of the whole body, or lethal. You can not fish under the power line, but you can pass under the power line with a fishing rod if necessary, but you need to keep the fishing rod only in a horizontal position.

You can not open the doors of transformer substations, floor panels on the stairs and penetrate inside. All equipment is energized. Special signs warn about the danger of electric shock: a yellow triangle with lightning, posters “Do not get in will kill!” Stop! Tension! Dangerous to life

It is deadly to take photos, take selfies near energy facilities. You can get under high voltage without touching the electrical wires, but simply by bringing the selfie stick to an unacceptable distance to the wire.

If you detect sagging or severed wire that fell to the ground, open doors of electrical installations, as well as damaged supports of overhead power lines, you must immediately report this by calling the hotline of power engineers "Bright line 220" by phone 8-800-220-0-220 (short number - 220; free, around the clock).

More information on the prevention of childhood electrotraumatism can be found on the page of Masha Lampochkina in VK (https://vk.com/masha lampochkina).