Old Fuse Box Trip Switch

In the case of loss of electric light or power your fuse box or consumer unit will either have fuses or trip switches.

Old fuse box trip switch.

If the switch trips again you ll know it s the last appliance that you plugged in and switched on. Our presenter locates a traditional fuse box where she rewires the blown fuse. Every time there was a power overload these little bars melted and had to be replaced. That is when houses had little lead and ceramic bars.

Turn off and unplug the appliance before resetting the switch. How does a fuse work. In a traditional fuse box each fuse. Modern electric circuits are fitted with a circuit breaker fuse system.

If a fault develops a switch is tripped and the circuit is broken. The expression trip the fuse has gone out of fashion. Unplug all of your appliances and try resetting the fuse switch. A fuse switch that keeps tripping is usually caused by a faulty electrical item or an overloaded circuit.

Here we ll talk you through how to work out why your electric keeps tripping and how to repair a tripped fuse. Locating the root of the problem is largely a process of elimination and something you can do yourself. Once reset plug your appliances back in one at a time and switch them back on. The little bars were then replaced with fuses which were easier to change when they melted and then came the electrical panel with various levers.