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blowing 30amp fuse
Mar 18^th, 2005, 1:41pm

I am having problems with my plugs ring main blowing the fuse. I unpluged everything and have managed to get some power back on and small electrical things work fine, but if i plug anything that uses power like a kettle, microwave it blows the fuse with a loud bang. I live in a new block and the wireing is only ten years old any ideas i bought a 13am socket tester but thats not shown anything either. ???

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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: blowing 30amp fuse Reply #1 - Mar 18^th, 2005, 4:17pm That’s strange, sound's like a latent defect somewhere or faulty equipment, what's more if it's 10 years old I would have expected circuit breakers and not fuse wire, unless that's what it is, but fuse refers specifically to fuse wire..
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anthonytindall Newbie Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: blowing 30amp fuse Reply #2 - Mar 18^th, 2005, 5:43pm no it has the cartridge fuse type which are costing me a fortune. I dont think its the equipment becouse different things have been pluged in each time
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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8815 Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: blowing 30amp fuse Reply #3 - Mar 18^th, 2005, 5:58pm If you are not famiiar with a multi meter or similar, then I think you need a proffesional. The obvious thing to do is look behind each socket. Is there an outside socket anywhere on the circuit?? Look there. Immersion heater connected to this circuit, or any other heating devices??
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: blowing 30amp fuse Reply #4 - Mar 18^th, 2005, 6:32pm I see, well it's almost certainly a defect somewhere, which could likely be found by testing, but as lecc said, unless you can use a multimeter proficiently with the circuit isolated, it's time to call in a spark
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