Electrical accidents tend to spike during the summer months, due to a combination of skyrocketing demand from air conditioning, volatile summer thunderstorms, and outdoor mishaps that may involve swimming pools or alcohol.

Safety aside, there are other good reasons to avoid summertime electrical accidents— like protecting your home’s value. While there are a lot of things you can skip fixing before selling your house, the electrical system definitely isn’t one of them. While you could likely offload it to a company that buys houses for cash, you’ll potentially leave thousands of dollars on the table, compared to what you could’ve gotten in a conventional sale. Still, overhauling your electrical system before listing will take time and could cost you a significant amount of money.