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Fuse blown- always for electrician to check out?

  • 05-10-2013 9:34pm
    #1
    talking muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭


    Hi all,

    I had all the lights go out a few minutes ago- a fuse was blown and in the off position. I just switched it back into place and it seems fine, everything's staying on. Should I be concerned? Should I call an electrician or just leave it since it's back to normal? Never happened to me before and know very little about electricity in this country.
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  • #2
    brightspark
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    Any lamps blown?


  • #3
    gerrycollins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭gerrycollins


    talking muffin wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I had all the lights go out a few minutes ago- a fuse was blown and in the off position. I just switched it back into place and it seems fine, everything's staying on. Should I be concerned? Should I call an electrician or just leave it since it's back to normal? Never happened to me before and know very little about electricity in this country.
    Wouldn't be concerned unless it was something that would be occuring regularly.

    If it was happening regularly then before id xall anyone id be making notes if what you did or what was happening in the few seconds leading up to the event might help an electrician narrow down to reason as to why its happening


  • #4
    talking muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭talking muffin


    There were no lamps blown and nothing else but the lights went out. I'll take notes if it happens again but there's no danger then in the short-term?


  • #5
    brightspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    An outside light, filled with water maybe?


  • #6
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    talking muffin wrote: »
    There were no lamps blown and nothing else but the lights went out. I'll take notes if it happens again but there's no danger then in the short-term?


    No, none, the fuse did it's job and cut an overload milliseconds before it even happened. Could have been a random surge or the circuit could be taken off a socket circuit and something that was plugged in overloaded it.

    No cause for concern unless it happens regularly.


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  • #7
    talking muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭talking muffin


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    No, none, the fuse did it's job and cut an overload milliseconds before it even happened. Could have been a random surge or the circuit could be taken off a socket circuit and something that was plugged in overloaded it.

    No cause for concern unless it happens regularly.

    That's comforting. Thanks for the information and to everyone who replied.


  • #8
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    brightspark wrote: »
    An outside light, filled with water maybe?

    As per above, lighting circuits don't give trouble too often, but if there's outside lights on that circuit they can give trouble. I even had a slug in a junction box to an outside light cause problems.

    As someone else said if you have GU10 spot lights, these can go and cause the MCB to trip.


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