Sparky help needed please

[pilgrimhudd]

Hi,

Brewed a beer today, I usually clean all my kit straight after and boil up a few litres of water in the mash kettle. Left it for 5 mins, when I came back the power in the garage had conked out...

Checked the indoor fuse box, all on, we also have an outdoor fuse box, also on so i'm presuming I blew the fuse?

Took fuse out which is this... Looks like this, i'm presuming its a cartridge fuse? Can't seem to find them anywhere, can you still buy them?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Rwilts]

I thought you could rewire those with the correct rated fuse wire

 

[Rwilts]

Should add I am not an electrician and you need to find out why you blew the fuse

 

[The Baron]

No Leccy but I too thought you just put the correct fuse wire in them.
I think that is what the 2 screws are for to captivate the fuse wire

 

[Hoddy]

Yeah that’s an old school fuse wire holder.

You should be able to just get hold of what you need. If your lucky.

However I would STRONGLY recommend getting the distribution board replaced by a spark.

 

[Hoddy]

That’s a 15amp fuse so you’ll need this to replace the fuse.

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLFCARD.html
But get the board replaced and the install inspected by a qualified spark.

 

[samale]

You can buy fuse wire in Amazon

 

[Galena]

or B&Q maybe if you want it quicker

 

[The Baron]

Wickes too me thinks

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Thanks everyone! Yeah wasn't sure if I needed to replace the whole thing or just the wire.... I haven't really come across this tyoe of thing before.

Yeah electrician coming out this week, it's just that the freezer is out in the garage so will see if I can get power back on till he comes round. Otherwise it'll be the extension lead out the window again!

 

[soupdragon]

These are always an option

https://proteusswitchgear.com/products/15a-single-pole-3ka-type-b-plug-in-circuit-breaker/
We had one for a while before we changed to a full consumer unit thingy

Cheers Tom

 

[Agentgonzo]

We had those up until we redid our electrics last year. Yes, the hold an old style fuse. No idea where to buy them. We were lucky we never had to.

Yes. You can get the rcd inserts like soupdragon mentioned, but we tried one type and it was just the wrong size to fit.

Definitely recommend figuring out why the electrics blew though. Fuses don't just blow of their own accord.

 

[sifty]

The old fuse wire remnants (if there) should give an indication of what happened.

A melted gap in the wire indicates a current too high over time, splatters of fuse wire indicates a fault like a short circuit...

 

[Chippy_Tea]

 

[Justin Dean]

Time to upgrade fuse box with trip switches mate any levy will tell you that. They are all about bringing up to code

 

[Chippy_Tea]

We have one of these fuse boxes it's in an under counter cupboard in the kitchen so is a pita to get to its been there a long time and we have only replaced the fuse in the downstairs lighting circuit twice in all those years due to two G9 LED bulbs blowing, we changed from G9 halogen to G9 LED but due to where the fuse dox is have now gone back to G9 halogen again.

 

[DocAnna]

We still have one of these for the top floor - managed to short out the lighting circuit twice when we had to replace the bathroom fan , we got fairly good at rewiring the fuse.... but @soupdragon those plug in replacements look good, thanks.

 

[LeeH]

Time to upgrade fuse box with trip switches mate any levy will tell you that. They are all about bringing up to code

Board still complies, you do not apply BS7671 retrospectively unless you have new work done.

 

[soupdragon]

They do work well enough but as has been said a full replacement is the safest/best option in the long term

Cheers Tom

 

[LeeH]

These are always an option

https://proteusswitchgear.com/products/15a-single-pole-3ka-type-b-plug-in-circuit-breaker/
We had one for a while before we changed to a full consumer unit thingy

Cheers Tom

I see no advantage apart from convenience, and if you need that you have bigger issues.