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Fuse Blowing
If a fuse blows it indicates an overcurrent occurred or a short circuit. ,a short circuit trips immediatly with a bang while an over current takes a while to trip - usually because too any things are plugged in
What you can do
first determine if it's a lighting circuit or power circuit (PowerPoints)
Then turn off the main switch and carefully
Remove all the fuses for affected circuits and inspect to see if the wire is broken ( power points are often labelled heat)
It is still possible to buy fuse wire - if you go about this route make sure you use the right size fuse wire for the circuit- as a guide its normally 5 or 10 amp for lights, 15 amp for power points 10 or 15 amp for Hot water circuits , and 30 amp for stoves - normaly you have twist two 15amp wires together as they dont sell 15 amp wire.
Rewiring Fuses
If you fuse looks something like this It will likely accept plug in breakers
What I would suggest
Buy a 10 amp and a 16 amp plug in breaker from your local wholesaler and keep them in your switchboard - then if a fuse blows you can simply replace it with a plug in breaker. If you rewire the fuse or put in a plug in breaker and it keeps tripping it could be one of two things
1) If it blows after a little while - it could be that you are are trying to run too many things at one time - like a kettle and Microwave.
If fuse blows quickly with a bang it means you have a short circuit. If you book a callout I can diagnose the fault for you
Fuse Blowing
If your powerpoints are not going fuse looks something like I would suggest getting it upgraded
Recently I attended a callout to powerpoints not going
and when I pulled out the fuse it looked like this
and the wire was actually burn't
Both Power bases were damaged so I replaced them
If you require your powerbases replaced please click below
Replace existing fuse and base
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