Keep Your Home Office Safe ($200 Best Buy Giveaway)
December 28, 2009 by Kailani
Filed under electronic, entertainment, giveaways
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to commentor #860: Karen!
Ever since I’ve started blogging seriously, I felt like I should have my own little office set-up. Unfortunately, space in my home is limited so I have to make due with the area I have. My only problem is that I feel like I just have too many things laying around and I worry about my kids getting into them. However, thanks to Underwriters Laboratories, I now have a little checklist to make sure my “office” is safe for everyone.
From Underwriters Laboratories:
- Mom’s home office is rarely just mom’s home office. There’s often a bunch of electronics, a computer, probably some kids things, and even a few of dad’s papers and files mixed in. To keep working safely, consider these tips:
- Watch your wattage – Don’t overload extension cords or plugs. Check the wattage on each component you plug in and avoid using adaptors to “make it work.â€
- Get unplugged – Unplug electronics when not in use. Not only do they draw unnecessary energy, but they can also pose a hazard if turned on accidentally. Think paper shredders, fax machines, and space heaters or fans.
- De-clutter – A clean office is a safe office. Piles of papers are potential tripping hazards if on the floor and potential fire hazards if near a heat source.
- Steer the heater clear – Keep space heaters at least three feet away from any combustible materials and do not place anything on top of a space heater.
- Childproof it twice – Cords and electronics can be incredibly tempting and incredibly dangerous to small children. Be sure to manage your cords, keep outlets and surge protectors covered, and make sure that no small items such as paper clips and staples are within a child’s reach. Large furniture such as bookcases should also be firmly attached to the wall to prevent tipping.
By following this tips, you’ll help your home and family stay safe from harm.
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- Just stop mention in comments before midnight, Jan 6th how you keep your blogging area/home office safe. That’s it!
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- The winner will then have 2 days to claim their prize.
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I keep all of our cords and what not hidden and we even zip tie cords together so they don’t hang all over they are combined and hidden away.
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Hey!!! Super Cool giveaway!! To keep my “home office” safe I def use separate power cords and I tell my kiddos to STAY AWAY!!!
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Very recently, I got around to securing the office to be more earthquake safe. I strapped the heavy bookcase to the wall, added sticky-putty to the underside of decorative items I don’t want lost in a quake, ans better hooks behind the heavy framed pictures in the room.
I went through and took all of the tangled, long cords that were dangling and sometimes caused us to trip, and secured them. I cleared off the top shelf of my computer desk that had framed photos that would keeep sliding off onto the keyboard.
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I have a air filter cleaning the air when i am in my office.
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I keep my desk chair pushed in (it’s very heavy!) so that my toddler can’t climb up on it and get into the computer stuff. I also keep cords hidden away from little hands.
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I try to keep the dust down on my desk so it doesn’t clog the filter on the computer and cause a fire. Thanks!
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Ugh. Our home office could be a LOT safer. Seriously cords strung all over because my husband is a fix it later kinda guy, and I wander the house with my laptop. The ONE thing we do do is make sure that we’re not over loading an outlet, and have really good power strips with surge protectors.
Other than that? good thing we don’t have toddlers or babies in the house!!
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I keep everything organized. the papers go in folders and all the cords are detangled.
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Sometimes I feel like my home office is anything but mine. Husband on his days off, and of course the kids. When they need the office computers for multi-player games with their friends, Mommy is relegated to the laptop at her bedroom. Sigh.
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I keep all cords in back of desk, and keep needed supplies in the desk drawers so the kids can’t get into them. Thanks for the Great giveaway…Good Luck to all.
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We recently moved so it was a good time to get all of our power cords under control. DH used zip ties to keep them all wound up and out of the way and everything is plugged into a surge protector. We are no longer a fire hazard!
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main entry: Well, my comupter is all set up in my sewing room because I use both all connected to use my computer designs for my seamstress work I do and I have 3 differant kind of sewing machines I use the main one is connected to my computer then theres my postal scales and other electronic supplies like me shredder so theres lots of outlet cords to be concerned about and to keep it safer my husband put the 8 outlet plug box way upon to the wall so it can be seen easier and away from little hands or too trip over and it has a turn on & off button to each plug in place I never saw anything like it before, he is very technical and wanted it to be safe in here for no overloads so even though all 8 cords can be plugged in at once I can turn off each one by button switch as I choose to lessen using electricity when each item is not being used it also has one main turn off switch to it so during a storm etc I turn the whole thing off. Being on the wall its unpleasant looking to the eye to see but its safer so thats what matters. great giveaway thanks, I would love to get more goodies for my office computer corner part of my work room.
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We keep all cords behind where the boys can get them and make sure all outlet plugs have safety plugs in them.
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I keep my office safe by closing the door when I am not in it. I also am a firm believer in unplugging!
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The best way I keep my home office safe is my keeping watch on cord-chewing cats! The cats know that form some inexplicable reason, we go crazy when they start gnawing in an electrical cord, so they act as if they are going to do it, from time to time. It’s a full-time job to monitor the location of all three cats in our home office!
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