Old Fuse Box Trip Switch

In a traditional fuse box each fuse.

Old fuse box trip switch.

Here we ll talk you through how to work out why your electric keeps tripping and how to repair a tripped fuse. Change a fuse in a traditional fuse box. Our presenter locates a traditional fuse box where she rewires the blown fuse. In the case of loss of electric light or power your fuse box or consumer unit will either have fuses or trip switches.

A fuse switch that keeps tripping is usually caused by a faulty electrical item or an overloaded circuit. If the switch trips again you ll know it s the last appliance that you plugged in and switched on. How does a fuse work. Unplug all of your appliances and try resetting the fuse switch.

Modern electric circuits are fitted with a circuit breaker fuse system. That is when houses had little lead and ceramic bars. The expression trip the fuse has gone out of fashion. Fuse boxes operate similarly to breakers but require a different process to restore the circuit if a fuse blows once you have located the main circuit breaker box open the metal door and look for a bank of switches arranged in rows.

Turn off and unplug the appliance before resetting the switch. Older ones have fuse holders and when a fuse is blown it must be replaced or rewired. 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. Locating the root of the problem is largely a process of elimination and something you can do yourself.