How to overload a tripswitch

tcawley29 · 16-07-2014 12:40am #1

Hi guys,
I need to overload a tripswitch now without going at the fuse board. Basically I have loud annoying housemates which will keep this noise going on until like 6am. Theres only 2 of them which dont have anything on in the morning and the other 3 of us have work early. They wont listen to reason so I want them to thing there is a problem with the electricity because I will keep doing this until they give up.
If I need to make a device that goes into the sockets that bridges pins or something like that, that could easily be done. Thanks guys

Tzar Chasm · 01-08-2014 3:25pm

an interesting quandry.
first off you would need to check that all the sockets were on one tripswitch, no point inoverloading your own ones if theirs are on a seperate breaker.
what you need is a device with a short, there is no safe way for someone without electrical/electronic experience-which I presume you are, based on your asking this question rather than simpy building something- to create that without risk of fire, injury/death.

If I were to give advice on this I would say you need a well insulated device with an existing short. do you already own anything that trips the circuits when you plug it in?

from my experience as a volunteer at a charity shop, about 20% of the electrical items donated in any given week fit the criteria for what you need, most of them are tested and dumped, however if you asked someone really nicely, or better still volunteer at a shop for a few weeks you might find something that will do the job without killing you.

Most importantly though,

DO NOT TRY TO SHORT SOMETHING YOURSELF

it will only end badly.

How to overload a tripswitch

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