If you’re experiencing fuse box problems, it’s important you address this sooner rather than later.
Your fuse box is the lifeline of your home's electrical system, it distributes power to all of the individual components of your home. From lighting, to sockets to appliances - your fuse box is vital to keeping your home running.
How do I know if I am experiencing fuse box problems?
Fuse box problems can present themselves in different ways, but here are a few of the main signals to look out for:
- A smell of burning or ammonia - usually if your fuseboard is overheating you will begin to notice a very particular smell of burning or fish
- A buzzing sound - this can be indicative of loose connections or overloaded circuits
- Frequently tripping circuits - if you find your electrics frequently tripping in your home, this could be a sign you need to upgrade your unit
- Burn marks or melted plastic - this is a serious fire hazard, it can be caused by either loose connections, an overloaded circuit or the fuseboard over heating. If you notice this it is advised to call an electrician immediately
Having a damaged fuse box in your Sittingbourne home is extremely dangerous, outdated or damaged fuseboxes increase the risk of electrical fire and/or electrical shock.
Electrical Fault Finding To Rule Out Fusebox Problems
If you’re not 100% sure that the electrical issues you’re facing in your home are caused by the fuse board and you’d like to check this before upgrading, we offer Electrical Fault Finding services in Sittingbourne. The testing is extensive and detailed, to ensure we can diagnose issues at the very root cause, rather than do reparative works that just make the issue asymptomatic and worse further down the line.
Why should I upgrade my fusebox?
Upgrading to a modern day fuse box or consumer unit comes with its benefits, the key benefits being safety.
Older units sadly simply cannot and do not offer the same amount of protection as modern units can. Older units were designed and catered to the needs of a household's electrical use during that decade, but as technology advances and more people work from home and use more electricity, our needs have changed and grown. Older units sadly cannot handle the requirements of a modern Sittingbourne home, which in turn creates fuse board problems.
Modern units also come with incredible safety features that you just wouldn’t find in older board, here is an explanation of the advanced safety features:
- Automatic Circuit Breakers, RCBOs (Residual Current Breaker with Overload) - this means that if there was an electrical fault in only one area of your home, instead of power cutting off for the whole home, this will instead only trip the circuit specific to that room (for example, your bathroom)
- Residual Current Devices (RCDs) - RCDs are essentially built in life savers, they are constantly monitoring the flow of electricity and if they notice a fault/ or imbalance in the power - the electricity is cut in milliseconds to prevent possibly fatal hazards like shock or fire
- Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs) - In older fuseboards if a circuit tripped when overloaded, you would have to manually replace the fuse. MCB’s mean that modern units or boards can be reset safely with a simple flick of a switch.
Eru Electrics, Your Local & Trusted Fuse Box Electrician
If you’re concerned about potential fuse box problems you’re facing in your Sittingbourne home and would like to discuss either a fuse box upgrade or our fault finding services - don’t hesitate to contact the team today for a free no obligation quote.
Your safety is our top priority.
