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Ed Aboud
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Hi all!
I have an issue with the circuit breaker in my house and was wondering would anyone be able to shed some light on what's going on.
So last night, I plugged in the hoover and all the electrical devices in my house switched off. I wasn't surprised as I had many devices on at the time so I went out to the boiler room to reset the circuit breaker.
But to my surprise, I noticed that none of the switches had been tripped. After a few minutes I realized that there was also a 50A fuse in the board (I attached a picture). Luckily there was a new 50A fuse in the boiler room, and I replaced the blown fuse. The electricity came back on and all was good.
What I'm wondering is, and excuse my ignorance (its been a while since I've touched circuit theory), why didn't any of the switches trip?
And why did the 50A fuse blow instead?
Why is there a 50A fuse in the first place, I though that was the purpose of the circuit breakers?
Also, I had a discussion with an employee in an electrical store, he didn't really shed too much light on the problem but just suggested replacing the 50A fuse with a 63A fuse. But, to be honest, I don't feel this is entirely necessary as this was a rare incident.Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Ed(I marked the 50A fuse in the picture)
I have an issue with the circuit breaker in my house and was wondering would anyone be able to shed some light on what's going on.
So last night, I plugged in the hoover and all the electrical devices in my house switched off. I wasn't surprised as I had many devices on at the time so I went out to the boiler room to reset the circuit breaker.
But to my surprise, I noticed that none of the switches had been tripped. After a few minutes I realized that there was also a 50A fuse in the board (I attached a picture). Luckily there was a new 50A fuse in the boiler room, and I replaced the blown fuse. The electricity came back on and all was good.
What I'm wondering is, and excuse my ignorance (its been a while since I've touched circuit theory), why didn't any of the switches trip?
And why did the 50A fuse blow instead?
Why is there a 50A fuse in the first place, I though that was the purpose of the circuit breakers?
Also, I had a discussion with an employee in an electrical store, he didn't really shed too much light on the problem but just suggested replacing the 50A fuse with a 63A fuse. But, to be honest, I don't feel this is entirely necessary as this was a rare incident.Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Ed(I marked the 50A fuse in the picture)