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Fuse in external electrical meter box
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gallygirl
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This has blown twice in the past year. NPower have been quick to come out and fix but I'm wondering why it's happening. Is it a surge from outside - in which case there is nothing I can do I suppose, but none of the neighbours are affected?
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Unlikely to be an electrical surge, fuses operate based on current flow and the fuses used in a cut-out are a high rating and very robust.
One possibility is that you could be over-loading your supply - it's possible that if you've got a 60A cut-out and a lot of electric loads then you could over-load it and operate the fuse.
Have you got an electric shower? Electric heaters/storage heating? Electric cooker/hobs?
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One possibility is that you could be over-loading your supply - it's possible that if you've got a 60A cut-out and a lot of electric loads then you could over-load it and operate the fuse.
What had you got running when the fuse blew?
Agree with this.
OP; is there something happening around the time that it's popping (seasonal?)? Something that doesn't happen very often, but at these times? Family staying over, and therefore increasing the electrical demand across the house at once?"Part P" is not, and has never been, an accredited electrical qualification. It is a Building Regulation. No one can be "Part P qualified."
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Thanks all. It's actually a house I let out so I will ask tenant - unlikely I would have thought as only a small 2 bed bungalow, gas heating and cooker and no shower.......A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
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:eek::eek::eek: Will ask the police helicopter to make a pass later on :eek::eek::eek:Mankysteve wrote: »Have they got a cannabis farm in the loft?A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
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Mankysteve wrote: »Have they got a cannabis farm in the loft?
Just read this and thought exactly the same thing ! :rotfl:
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Woman in her 50's and daughter who wouldn't say boo to a goose. I know you never can tell, but..........
Spoke to her yesterday, she say leccy co phoned her to apologise, apparently the fuse had had been too small/low/weak?????? and shouldn't have been fitted.A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
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