Your Past is Your Future September 2013 Issue 15 | Page 6

Preserved Benefit statementS ONLINE View your PLEASE ASK US We are here to help - By registering for mypension, our secure interactive online service, you will have instant access to future Preserved Benefit Statements. Every year updated statements will be available and a history will soon build up. No more wondering where you put last years to compare! But let’s not forget about the other facilities available: • Ensure a valid death grant nomination is in place, amend or update if not. • Keep your address details up to date so we can write to you at retirement with your options. • Submit a pension query at any time of the day. To register or view a demo of the facility before you register, go to our website at www.sypensions.org.uk/online Once you receive your password through the post then you’re good to go! If you would like this, or future newsletters, in large type, on audio CD or Braille, please contact Martin McCall on 01226 772961, or write to Martin at the address below. Address for letters; South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, 18 Regent Street, Barnsley. S70 2HG Other ways to contact us; Email: [email protected] Telephone: [phone] Website: www.sypensions.org.uk Fax: [phone] Text: 07786 204697 (when texting us please quote your National Insurance number and brief details of your request) You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at; www.sypensions.org.uk/facebook www.twitter.com/sypensions www.youtube.com/sypensions Our homes are full of electrical items. But if used incorrectly, some can cause fires. Fires started by electrical equipment kill 50 people each year and are the cause of about a third of all the house fires we attend. Take these simple steps to keep your home and your loved ones safe Don’t overload sockets - long, strip adaptors are the safest, but can only take a total of 13 amps Switch off electrics at night and when you leave the house especially high-powered things like washer dryers, heaters and irons Look out for frayed wires and scorch marks and replace items that have them How safe are your adaptors? Produced by South Yorkshire Pensions Authority · 18 Regent Street · Barnsley · S70 2HG The information contained in this newsletter relates to LGPS members only and cannot be treated as a statement of law. YPYF Sept 2013 Most plugs in this country are fitted with a 3 amp or 13 amp fuse. You can find out which by looking on the back of each plug. Things like lamps, TVs and laptops are normally rated 3 amps. Washing machines, dishwashers, microwaves, kettles, toasters, irons and hair dryers are normally 13 amps. Just because an adaptor or extension lead has several sockets, doesn’t mean you can fill all of the sockets with plugs. You need to check the fuse rating of each plug to make sure the total number of amps for all the plugs isn’t more than the recommended limit for your adaptor - normally 13 amps.