Many families will use time off around Thanksgiving to get their holiday decorations out. Entergy Arkansas offers some safety reminders to keep the season joyful and safe.
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- If you put up lights outside your home, be sure the lights used are designated for outdoor use.
- Use a nonconducting fiberglass or wooden ladder when working with strings of lights, and stay clear of all overhead wires.
- Do not replace bulbs when the electricity is on.
- Never let light bulbs touch flammable materials such as plastic or dry grass and leaves.
- For outside use, work only with three-wire grounded extension cords.
- Use rubber gaskets in light sockets or hang sockets downward to keep water out.
- Keep connections and lights off the ground by hanging them over wooden stakes.
- Turn outside holiday lights off when away from home or asleep.
Enjoy some down time with the family this holiday season. Just take a little extra effort to keep yourself and your loved ones safe by reducing risk where you can.
Entergy Arkansas provides electricity to approximately 700,000 customers in 63 counties. Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including nearly 9,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of approximately $11 billion and more than 13,000 employees
