Dear Editor:
May is Electrical Safety Month, but electrical safety should always be on your mind. The records show every year hundreds of lives are lost, and there are countless injuries due to faulty electrical wiring and other installations done by unlicensed and/or unqualified persons.
The New Jersey Electrical Contractors Association (NJECA) and its 16 chapters from around the state is urging you to call upon a New Jersey Licensed Electrical Contractor to perform any electric wiring or other electric installations in your home.
Your home is your castle, protect it!
Any person performing any electrical work without a New Jersey State License and Business Permit may be convicted of a felony of the fourth degree, and even be fined or imprisoned (NJC.2C:21-33).
Also most new electrical installations require a work permit from your municipality before work can begin.
Please remember that the life or property you save may be as close to you as your home and could even be you or your property.
For more information contact us; New Jersey Electrical Contractors Association, PO Box 55, Maplewood, NJ 07040-0055, 1-800-227-6467.
Yours in electrical safety,
Steven M. Ripley, Executive Director
The Membership of the NJECA