Old Fuse Box Trip Switch

Unplug all of your appliances and try resetting the fuse switch.

Old fuse box trip switch.

How does a fuse work. 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. Change a fuse in a traditional fuse box. Once reset plug your appliances back in one at a time and switch them back on.

If a fault develops a switch is tripped and the circuit is broken. That is when houses had little lead and ceramic bars. In a traditional fuse box each fuse. A fuse switch that keeps tripping is usually caused by a faulty electrical item or an overloaded circuit.

Modern electric circuits are fitted with a circuit breaker fuse system. Locating the root of the problem is largely a process of elimination and something you can do yourself. Older ones have fuse holders and when a fuse is blown it must be replaced or rewired. Every time there was a power overload these little bars melted and had to be replaced.

Turn off and unplug the appliance before resetting the switch. Our presenter locates a traditional fuse box where she rewires the blown fuse. Here we ll talk you through how to work out why your electric keeps tripping and how to repair a tripped fuse. The expression trip the fuse has gone out of fashion.