Packing Tips – How To Pack Your Electrical Appliances

Electrical appliances are some of the most important household items you’ll have to pack during a relocation.  You may do it yourself, or with the help of hired moving labor, a friend, colleague, neighbor, or the moving company you hire. But regardless of who will pack your electronics, here are professional packing tips to make the packing easier:

Refer To The User Manual of Your Electrical Appliances

Electrical appliances often come with a user guide or manufacturer’s guide, and these guides often contain detailed instructions on how to pack these appliances safely. Follow the instructions on the guides and check for diagrams or illustrations that explains how your appliances should be packed appropriately.

If you’ve lost the guide, visit the manufacturer’s website or call to request a copy.  Packing your electronics appropriately will make them easier to load, transport, unload, unpack and set up for use at your new home.

Play It Safe With Your Electrical Appliances

If any of your electrical appliances has a toner or ink cartridge, detach it and store it in a sealable bag. Make sure you pack the bag in the same box with the appliances it was detached from. You should remove all DVDs, CDs, and any other tape from its appliances before packing.

You should consider packing the appliances separately from the removed items to prevent damage. Ensure you label and tape all boxes that contain electrical appliances to make it easier to identify them during packing, loading, unloading and unpacking.

Use The Original Packaging

Electrical appliances often come in a customized package. If you still have such original package, use it for packing your appliance. If you no longer have the original package, you may purchase an electronic specialty moving box from the manufacturer or movers you hire. You may as well use a double wall box, which is bigger than the electronics you intend to pack.

Before you disconnect any plug or wire, mark the plug or wire and the port you’re disconnecting it from with colored labels. Use similar color for the port and wire so you can reconnect easily at your destination.

If you eventually run out of different colors, consider using exact numbers on the port and wire. As soon as you have the wires or cables disconnected, use twist ties to carefully keep the cables safe to prevent unraveling and pack them in a sealable pack. Better still, you can take pictures of the wires before disconnecting them.