I have one of those fuse boxes with the screw in fuses. But i cant change it.?
Question:One blew about 2 weeks ago so we changed it and it was ok for a while, but after about a week it blew again. Since then ive bought 4 more fuses, and each has sparked and blown the second i put it in. What im I doing wrong? Somebody please help.
Answers:
Plain and simple you have a direct short in that circuit and you are taking a big risk trying to power it at the very least.
Those old fuse boxes have been phased out for a very good reason, even with the correct amperage of fuse in the system they can allow too much draw or not blow at all at times and you get bad things happening. I have heard stories of people slipping up putting the fuses into the box and zapping themselves seriously bad when their fingers were in the wrong spot. You will allow a lot more current though your body before you blow than a fuse will. I would highly recommend you spend the money to get a breaker panel installed to replace that fuse box and you might also see a decrease in you fire insurance to go with it.
Have you tried a time delay fuse rather than a fast acting fuse. Like if the fuse says KON 30 get a ECNR30. It probably is a problem with the box itself i would suggest changing from the fuse style anyway and get some breakers.
Something is putting too much load on the fuse. You need to call a professional electrician to find out what it is.
something is shorted or grounded... shut off all switches and unplug everything on that circuit then replace the fuse... if it still blows the problem is in the wiring, call an electrician. if not, start plugging everything back in until you find the bad device. i would also recommend a breaker panel
take some appliances off that circuit, see if that works, check all sockets on the circuit and see if any are loose, if so have pro.. fix them
it sounds like something electrical that is going to that fuse is pulling too many amps. more than likely, your fuse panel is not labled as most i've seen aren't, so, if you feel comfortable, you can do some investigating to see what might be blowing the fuses, such as an electrical device or maybe appliance, but always be very careful when doing anything involving the electrical panel as it can give you a good shock. i would suggest maybe wearing some rubber gloves to prevent getting shocked if it is sparking out of the fuse panel. if you are able to pinpoint which area of the house that particular fuse goes to, you can try shutting off or unplugging anything that uses a lot of power in that part of the house and try a new fuse but only replace a fuse with a fuse that uses the same amount of power (usually measured in amps). if that doesn't work than it could be a more complex issue. the sure way to fix the problem though would be to get an electrician to come check it out if you find no resolve.
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