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My electric switch keeps tripping out and I`m not sure why. I`m not very good with this sort of thing and can only think that I maybe be overloading some plug sockets. Downstairs (the kitchen is separate) I have a TV, dvd recorder, 5.1 system, 360 plus hd-dvd add on and a Wii going into two sockets via a couple of extensions. Then upstairs in one room a desktop PC, 5.1 sytem, monitor and modem/router into one extension lead. Plus a couple of extra TVs and another PC in other rooms. Is this too much? Is there a way I can prevent this from happening without having to remove anything? Could it actually be another type of problem?

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Phone an electrician, don`t mess with anything, it could be that your main fuse is small and it can`t handle your TV being on, your surround sound, your games machine, the lights around the house on, maybe your washing machine, and also someone having a shower all at the same time.

All these generate a lot of wattage, and you could have a 60w main fuse to run the whole house, and with all those on, you could of exceeded that, and you may need a higher wattage.

This happened to us a while back and he was telling us that even having a shower, this generated 40watts of electricity, the lights generate 20W, so with all those going on, and and any other electrical equipment the family was using, was exceeding our main fuse.

So phone an electrician and let him sort it out.

floyd

Apart from the main switch which trips isn`t there another (sub) switch that trips that will identify which part of the electric circuit is tripping ? So for instance you should have sub switches for lights upstairs/downstairs, sockets upstairs/downstairs, cooker, smoke alarm etc & so forth. This would help you isolate where the fault lies.
Pete

Need more information.... when u say "trip" does all the power get cut or just that particular circuit your appliances are on? - does the consumer unit have trips or wired fuses? is their an RCD in the main isolator of the consumer unit? - all of the items you have listed would not be enought to normally trip or pull a fuse if all the equipment was connected to a ring main....

Floyd, i think you are confusing amps with watts... 60 watts is your average light bulb... 60 amps would be more akin to a 12kw shower...

If your consumer unit has an RCD in circuit its possible you have a fault in either the plug connections in one of your appliances, or an appliance has developed a fault causing the trip to trigger - more info would help, but to be honest dont touch or tamper with nowt... get a sparks in...

Retired sparks....

This item was edited on Wednesday, 7th March 2007, 19:20

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My electric switch keeps tripping out and I`m not sure why.

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