Kei te whakaaro koe i ahea te mahi o tetahi pureturi? He mea kē ngā putiputi e hangaia nei hei whakaputuwhenua i te hiko i te wā e kore ana i te hiko. Kia riro iho te hiko, ka pūmau he oranga, pērā i te pētoro rānei, hei whakawhiti i te mota. Ka whakaputuwhenua mai ai te mota i tēnā hiko hei whakamahi i runga i ētahi whakairo hiko rānei me ngā whakawai. He mea nui anō he kete wairua hei whakapae i te hiko i waenganui i te pureturi ki tō whare rānei ki tētahi whakawai atu. Kupu mōkī: Hapahiko Whakawehe Hiko — Tēnei mea pai rawa!
He aha te take i te nui o te hapahiko whakawehe hiko i roto i tō rangaa pureturi? Ko tana take tuatahi he whakawehe i te wā rākau e whakaputuwhenua ana i te pureturi ki ngā pūtango wehe. E noho ana koe ki te whakamahi i ētahi atu rīpoata i tētahi wā, kāore i te mea koutou e whakarite ana i a rātou. Nānā i tēnā, me whakauru koutou i ia rīpoata ki te pureturi, ka mutu, ka whakauru i te mea hou, he mea nui rawa atu he mahi nui, he mea whakamā. Ahakoa, ko te whakaaro nei, pēhea rawa te whakatika i ngā mea katoa i tētahi wā, ahakoa te mea koutou e whakarerekē ana i ngā pūtanga?
He iti noa iho ngā whakararahi kia riro ai te poaka whakawaro take. Tirohia mehemea e hia te waihotanga i a koe e hia nei i te whakaputa o te pūkaha. Nui rawa tēnei mahinga hei āta mōhio he aha ngā poaka e taea ana kia whakaae ki te nui o ngā weita e hia nei i a koe e mahi nei. Ka hiahia koe ki tētahi poaka e taea ana kia whakatipu ia ngā rauemi katoa i a koe, mēnā he nui ngā rauemi i a koe e hiahia ana ki te whakatipu.
He nui ake te whakaaro ki te mea he hia ngā putahi i a koe e hia nei. He nui ngā poaka whakawaro take e whai ana i waenganui ngā putahi, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i waenganui ngā rauemi i tētahi wā. E ai ki ētahi poaka, ka whakauruhia rātou i tētahi rānei, i rua rānei ngā putahi, kaore e pai nei i ētahi wā. Me mōhio anō hoki koe he aha ngā momo putahi i a koe e hia nei, 120 V rānei, 240 V, nā reira ka hia ngā putahi e taea ana kia whakaae ki ngā rauemi.
Ki te kīhai koe i whakaae ki te pouaka whakawāhi ā-pūmau e tika ana, he mea nui rawa kia pai ai te tūtohu me te tiaki. Nō reira, ki te kore te pouaka i tūtohu pono ai, ki te kore hoki i tiakina pai, ka ngaro hei whakararu, ka puta ake hoki ngā raru pērā i ngā pakiri hikoī rānei, ngā ahi hikoī rānei.
Te whakatū i tōu pouaka whakawāhi hikoī he wāhanga iti noa iho o te mahi; ko te tiaki i a ia he mea nui anō. Te tiro haere mo ngā hononga kore me te whaihua hoki i te kore mōngā wāhanga rereke. Ki te kite koe i ngā rerekētanga, pērā i ngā tākura herehere rere rānei, ngā pūnaha kore whakapae rānei, tiakina kia tika kia kawe mai i runga i te whakararu hikoī.
Ngā pūnaha whakataunga hikoī matua: E ai ki enei, he mea māmā kia kaua e whakararahi, kia kaua e whakatupu ahi. Ka whakamahi hoki i te whakakorea ā-momo i te hiko i te wā e whai ake ana he waiporangi hiko i roto i tētahi whareware, ā, ka tiakina ēnei āhuatanga i tō rātou rerekētanga i te take o ngā rerekē hiko.