The wires that run through our homes – and electric-grid transformers – sometimes fail. Sometimes catastrophically. Each year in the US, 51,000+ homes have electrical fires. This is bad:
- Devastates affected individuals. Physically, mentally, financially.
- Raises insurance rates.
- Causes significant environmental damage to air, water, soil.
- Adds to landfills.
- Triggers re-accumulation of stuff.
- Transformer failures can lead to wildfires.
A Ting monitor detects and alerts you to electrical arcing, far sooner than the smell of burned wires or sound of smoke detectors. Check this out:
- Plugs into any outlet.
- Senses electrical arcs.
- Alerts you via smart phone, and the Ting team, to address the problem asap.
- Ting has teamed up with many insurance companies and…..
- Will pay up to $1,000 to fix problems before they become big problems.
- The cost to you? Nothing! It’s a service provided by insurers.
This is the #1 sustainable thing you can do this year is protect your loved ones and stuff.
Oh, and test your smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors.
Planetarily,
Laura & Gil
Our friends Laura & Gil Richardson are, in their own words, “imperfect” but they are much further down this Planetarian path than anyone I know. They are a treasure trove of sustainable living inspiration and we’ve asked them to share one simple swap per week that they’ve made (and the products they love) in hopes it might inspire you to make them, too.
