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old fuse board

  • 25-04-2019 12:37PM
    #1
    coleen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭


    Hi Our house is a house built in the early 80s.
    We still have an old fuse board for most of the house. Our main fuse 63 A blew last year and again this year. Also we had a power cut this week and when I checked main fuse it was hot and the top was black. This power cut was actually an ESB outage but I am a bit worried that the fuse was hot.
    I have put in electric showers about ten years ago so and they are on a new switch system.
    I am thinking I should get the whole board re-done . What type of questions should I be asking of the electrician ?
    What kind of cost would be involved ?
    Any other advice


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  • #2
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,079 ✭✭✭Cerco


    Get three quotes from registered electricians.
    Decide beforehand if you want to keep the board in the existing position or move elsewhere. Then review their recommendations.
    An overheating fuse should not be ignored.


  • #3
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,692 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    +1 to the above. Good advice.

    A lot of wiring regulations have changed since your home was wired. This means that the chances of a rewire being required are quite high.

    New regulations will be in place soon. Once this happens the cost of a rewire will increase. So it would be cheaper to get this resolved now.


  • #4
    kramer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭kramer1


    When the new regs coming out?


  • #5
    coleen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭coleen


    Thanks I felt that overheating was definitely an issue.
    I will get it sorted straight away.


  • #6
    Risteard81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,566 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    kramer1 wrote: »
    When the new regs coming out?

    They are likely to come into effect towards the end of the year, with the final publication likely this summer.


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  • #7
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,692 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    kramer1 wrote: »
    When the new regs coming out?

    See projected implementation dates in this post:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=109345804&postcount=23


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