Free health and beauty tips

A good electrical system should incorporate a good grounding system as well. Modern homes need a well-designed grounding system. Even though it leads to earth pits, a proper electrical system has separate schemes for ground and neutral originating from your electrical system.

Today, a variety of digital signals are invading our homes and work places, increasing year after year. This gives rise to another dimension to the design of grounding systems for homes. The digital signals and other inadequacies in the design of the electronic boards for electromagnetic compatibility would lead to noticeable noise in other electronic gadgets. You would notice a flat, irritating noise on your phone when the person at the other end receives a call on his cell phone. A flickering fluorescent light causes disturbance to the images on your television. These are some of the results of poor grounding of your electrical system and, bonds and shields into digital devices including cellular phones. The result is the generation and propagation of broadband noise.

Ground and neutral connections:-

You may have either a single phase or three phase supply from your utility company. Most electrical gadgets need single phase power connection. The following need three phase power connection. Air conditioners, which have, typically, a three ton capacity or more. Deep bore well motors with capacities exceeding one horse power. With a single phase supply, you get two wires from the distribution point, maybe a pole, to the power panel board with a consumer power metre into your premises. A separate thick copper wire runs along the exterior wall and terminates in a pipe pegged into the earth pit. Three phase power connection has three live wires and a neutral wire. Ground line runs directly from the control panel into the earth pit.

Separate grounding scheme:-

You will notice that the neutral wire of your electrical system is connected to the earth connection near your local transformer that the utility company has installed. You may wonder as to why your home should have a different grounding arrangement for your electrical system. There are many reasons for this. The most important reason is safety of gadgets and inmates of the house. When there are separate wires for neutral and ground, the risk of electrical shocks or fire resulting from a problem in electrical wiring, is reduced. If there is a common wire for both neutral and ground, then if wire is cut anywhere in the electrical system, it will cause the shield or protective system to be raised to the potential of the phase wire. This scenario is more dangerous than not having a protective ground in your electrical system.

Different wires for ground and neutral:-

When the wires for ground and neutral are separate, then a cut neutral wire causes only the equipment to stop working and doesn’t create dangerous situation. If the ground wire gets cut by accident, there is no danger caused before some equipment gets damaged. Thus, when there are separate wires for neutral and ground, a single wire fault, which is the most frequent problem, keeps the inmates of the house as well as the gadgets in the electrical systems safe. A single wire fault, cut or coming in contact with any other wire, could cause no immediate danger to the user of the equipment in the electrical system. When the live wire (phase wire or hot wire) comes in contact with the ground or neutral wire, the fuse blows or the circuit breaker trips immediately.

With the fuse blown or circuit breaker tripped, posed by this defective condition, the dangers of electrical hazards are nil. When a neutral wire comes in contact with a ground wire, it poses no immediate danger, just nasty ground loop problems start to occur. If your have a GFCI or other ground leakage detector installed in the electrical system, it will cut the power to the outlet.

If either a live wire or a neutral wire is cut, power to the equipment is shut off. When the ground wire is disconnected or cut, it continues to work well unless there is a fault inside the equipment. It is potentially as dangerous as using an ungrounded outlet in the same place. But there is no immediate danger. So any single failure does not cause great danger in this scheme.

Your child’s room should look cozy, comfortable, & also unusual. There is nothing like firing a child’s imagination by designing his/her furniture with cardboard, & involving them in the process too. There are many reasons why you should opt for this material in the children’s room. Firstly, they are affordable, & secondly, they can be easily discarded with your own expertise. From making a fake sofa out of cardboard boxes & covering it with fabric for a party, to cardboard chairs, cardboard furniture is not only comfortable but lightweight & strong.

METHOD:-

Craftsmanship may be required to a certain extent but knowing how to go about making furniture that can fit in well into the room & serve effectively, is important. For example, to make a stool that is foldable like a cardboard package & flattens entirely, you would need a 4’x4’ cardboard sheet. This stool, developed from a folded paper design exploration, involves many small folded joints, cardboard furniture is simple, low cost, strong, & can be designed in a variety of colors. The objects to be designed can be pieces of furniture like table, bed, & cupboards. This kind of furniture also gives your child easy access & the flexibility to use it as he pleases. Your child can scribble on it & paint it a different shade each time. However, make sure that the furniture does not have jagged edges that will hurt the child; it should be sturdy enough to hold the child’s weight. Involve your child in choosing the furniture. Ask him/her what she wants-a scribbling board, a side table for the bed, or a small stool. Accordingly design the furniture & give your child the right ambience.

Creating a play space for children is not exactly child’s play. It requires careful consideration of many factors and implementation with attention to detail, as one can never take a risk when it comes to children and their safety.

Ideally, it should be fairly large space as children love to run around and dislike being confined to small areas. However, if you have a space constraint, you can create a play space within a larger room in one corner of it usually. Nevertheless, there are certain rules that hold good for any play area whether big or small, indoors or outdoors.

See that the play space receives lots of fresh air and natural light as this is necessary for both health and safety reasons. If there is any inadequacy on this front because of the way your house is built then make up with plenty of artificial light, and fans or air conditioners. The flooring should be smooth and without grooves or jagged surfaces and the light switches and plugs in the wall of the room should be fixed high up. Also, keep away all fragile objects, as well as anything, which is sharp or jagged like nails, knives, etc. from this space. If the space is outdoors, see that the area is smooth and sandy and does not have any water bodies nearby. If a water body is needed, a small and sturdy inflatable pool is better whether for indoors or outside use.

In the indoor space, the room should have enough cupboards for storing toys, games, other play equipment, and books. If there aren’t any built-in cupboards then place cabinets or side tables but without any recesses which are too deep. A wall mounted backboard is also an essential element though the height must be low enough for the child’s easy use. Children love to race their toy cars or trucks so see that the play space is well-endowed lengthwise. If the play-room’s dimensions do not permit that, then combine the area with a hallway or corridor. Also, keep only a part of the play-room carpeted as the rest of the space is needed for racing those cars or running their trains. Also, a bare floor is best then they are playing with crayons, paints, and clay. The seating should be comfortable and bean bags, soft durries, low divans, and plastic chairs and tables are good choices for this room. Nowadays, many furniture showrooms sell specially designed tables and chairs for children. They have products ideal for indoor use as will as for the garden and backyards. You can even buy a readymade swing and slide or get these installed by a carpenter in the garden area. However, make a careful check of the safety standards of any such equi8pment you are installing.

If there are two children sharing a playroom or play space, then it is better to make two separate, well-demarcated areas for them within a room. For example, have two sets of tables and chairs so each has a space for painting and playing. Also, storage areas for their play equipment, paint boxes, books, etc., must be kept separate and preferably one each on either side of the room so each kid feels he has a special corner all to himself.

•       In case you detect fire or smoke, inform nearest fire brigade station. Find out the phone no of the nearest fire station near your home.
• Know where the keys are kept for closed doors.
• Keep your escape routes clear.
• Before opening a door in case you doubt a fire on the other side, check the door with the back of your hand. If the door is warm, do not open it, since there may be fire on the other side.
• Do not waste time in collecting your valuables.
• Do not answer a mobile phone while it is being charged. There are strong chances of explosion or a fire spread due to it.
• Do not leave candles unattended.
• Do remember most kitchen fires occur between 10 pm to 4 am so please take care.
• If your clothes catch fire, than do not run. Instead: Stop: Drop to the ground: Roll.
• Don’t run around, you’ll fan the flames and make them burn faster.
• Lie down and roll around. It makes it harder for the fire to spread and mothers the flames.
• Smother the flames with a heavy material, like a coat, blanket or a fire lanket.
• Turn off and unplug all electrical appliances unless they are
• Designed to be left on – like your freezer or VCR for example.
• Check the cooker is turned off.
• Don’t leave the washing machine on.
• Turn heaters off and put up fireguards.
• Put out candles and cigarettes properly.

MANDATORY STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

FOR SAFETY IN ROAD TRAVEL

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this document is to provide high levels of care and safety during road travel on duty. The guidelines have been structured to cover mandatory standards and recommended good practices for travel in company dedicated buses, cars and hired cars.

Selection of Transport

Selection of mode of transport i.e. metro rail / local train, buses, cars is left to the discretion of the concerned Delivery/ Solution/ Geographical Centre Head based on guidelines and on eligibility.

Vehicles should be hired through an approved transporter.Employees purchasing two wheelers for their personal use should be encouraged to opt for motor cycles rather than scooters as the larger wheel diameter makes the motor cycle inherently more stable.

Condition of vehicles Vehicle should be roadworthy.The vehicles must meet the minimum requirement given below:

On a reading of the Act, it shall be said, it cuts at the very root of our Vedic culture, not available in the other parts of the world, based on which marriages are conducted and families are formed. This culture has lucidly been stated in Vedas thus: “If a householder wants to live a happy life, he or she must be spiritual, that makes one expand the self to take in other selves also. Conflicts are bound to be there, if there is no spiritual growth in the individuals”.
To accomplish the spiritual growth, one shall shed his feeling of individuality. Then the individual will grow into a person. Julian Huxley defines ‘person’ as an individual who transcends his organic
individuality in conscious social participation. A person thus gets the capacity to live happily with other persons in society; individuals cannot, they only collide like billiard balls.
It shall, in this connection, be remembered that man cannot be made moral by an Act of Parliament. For that matter, the Act in question does not intend to make an individual a person.