electrical fusebox at home

JohnB47

Does your heater have a lower power setting? ie can you set it so that it doesn't draw max power at any point?

DTDfanBoy

Their answer certainly wasn't very MSE minded, who in their right mind would pay for gas when they get unlimited electricity included in their rent :money:

muckybutt

Horizon81 wrote: »

It's normal to have 15A fuse on a socket ring isn't it? I'm only asking as I'm sure loads of people use a 2kW kettle and a 2kW heater at the same time on a 15A fused circuit with no probs.

Obviously not clued up on electrical circuits !

You don't get 15A rings on socket circuits, 15A / 16A Radial circuits yes but that is a different ball game.

OP as stated DO NOT ALTER THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS
You have proved the breakers work and are doing what they should, you are actually overloading that particular circuit. If the breaker had been faulty then you could quite easily start a fire. I am sure neither you or your landlord want this

Your landlord should also get the electrics checked out and that fuse board replaces / upgraded.

sc0ttie

JohnB47 wrote: »

Does your heater have a lower power setting? ie can you set it so that it doesn't draw max power at any point?

yes has two power switches and a temp dial to dial in desired heat.

sc0ttie

muckybutt wrote: »

Obviously not clued up on electrical circuits !

You don't get 15A rings on socket circuits, 15A / 16A Radial circuits yes but that is a different ball game.

OP as stated DO NOT ALTER THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS
You have proved the breakers work and are doing what they should, you are actually overloading that particular circuit. If the breaker had been faulty then you could quite easily start a fire. I am sure neither you or your landlord want this

Your landlord should also get the electrics checked out and that fuse board replaces / upgraded.

Why does the landlord need to have it checked and upgraded? is it a dangerously out of date unit? The wiring in this place is quite old and not particularly tidy. probably why the landlord has not put electric meters in and says electric bill is included in rent!

dil1976

muckybutt wrote: »

Obviously not clued up on electrical circuits !

You don't get 15A rings on socket circuits.

Really, there could be several reasons why there is a 15 Ring Final Circuit on the installation.

espresso

sc0ttie wrote: »

That is correct I cannot afford to heat my place each night with the gas boiler as I live alone and am on a low income and the gas useage for that amounts to 30-40 pounds a month, which I do not have.

However you think that it is perfectly acceptable to make your landlord pay an extra £90-120 per month, so that you can use your own electric heater.

It is not your landlords responsibility to keep you warm, so expect your rent to go up to cover this extra electricity usage.

DTDfanBoy

espresso wrote: »

However you think that it is perfectly acceptable to make your landlord pay an extra £90-120 per month, so that you can use your own electric heater.

It is not your landlords responsibility to keep you warm, so expect your rent to go up to cover this extra electricity usage.

It's perfectly acceptable because that is what has been agreed in the tenancy agreement

The Landlord can't immediately raise rent simply because the tenant is running an electric heater :rotfl:

PlutoinCapricorn

Scottie, the fuse box in the picture is out of date. Modern ones have flip switches so if you overload a circuit, the switch drops down. You do not need to change any fuses in the box in this case, just remove an appliance and reset the switch.

http://www.fuseboxuk.co.uk/

dil1976

PlutoinCapricorn wrote: »

Scottie, the fuse box in the picture is out of date. Modern ones have flip switches so if you overload a circuit, the switch drops down. You do not need to change any fuses in the box in this case, just remove an appliance and reset the switch.

http://www.fuseboxuk.co.uk/

The photo the OP has put up of his " fusebox" also has MCBs fitted and not fuse wire.