Old Fuse Box Trip Switch

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.

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. Once reset plug your appliances back in one at a time and switch them back on. Our presenter locates a traditional fuse box where she rewires the blown fuse. Modern electric circuits are fitted with a circuit breaker fuse system.

In a traditional fuse box each fuse. If the switch trips again you ll know it s the last appliance that you plugged in and switched on. If a fault develops a switch is tripped and the circuit is broken. Older ones have fuse holders and when a fuse is blown it must be replaced or rewired.

Turn off and unplug the appliance before resetting the switch. In the case of loss of electric light or power your fuse box or consumer unit will either have fuses or trip switches. Change a fuse in a traditional fuse box. How does a fuse work.

A fuse switch that keeps tripping is usually caused by a faulty electrical item or an overloaded circuit. That is when houses had little lead and ceramic bars. Unplug all of your appliances and try resetting the fuse switch. Every time there was a power overload these little bars melted and had to be replaced.