How to turn off electrical power?

• Find your circuit breaker box or fuse box.

• Open the box’s cover and locate the breaker or fuse on the circuit you want to kill power to. (Circuit breakers are small, usually horizontal switches.)

• Make sure breakers and fuses are labeled with the area of the house they serve – for example, “kitchen,” “bathroom” and so on. If they aren’t labeled, identify the proper circuit by turning the breakers off or removing the fuses one at a time and checking to see which lights or plugs have lost power.

• Flip the circuit breaker from “on” to “off” or remove the fuse.

• Turn the electricity back on after you’ve finished working on the circuit by reversing this process.