Power Regulations

Danger Phoenix

Danger Phoenix

Danger Phoenix

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Is it normal for all the sockets in a 5 bedroom house to go through one fuse circuit? Five student bedrooms draw a lot of power, and all through one fuse?

The breaker has just tripped and it refuses to be reset, even though we have gone round the house unplugging every single item.

I thought that the circuits were usually separated by floor...

Are there any regulations for this?

We have been forced to daisy chain extension leads from the kitchen, which is on a separate circuit, to power the modem and router so we can do some work on the laptops available in this house.
 
AcidHell2 said:
yep, usually sockets one circuit, lights another circuit, etc.

You sure you unglugged everything, I had that. Turned out it was a broken fridge tripping it. Unplug every single last item and turn of every socket. reset, then switch one on at a time and find the problem.
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The fridge in the kitchen is on a different circuit, and that is working fine... at least my food will be fine.

We are certain we have gone round the whole house, unplugged everything and made sure the sockets are all off.

The socket switch is not tripping, but is causing the reset switch to trip. Manually switching off the socket switch and then setting the reset switch back on produces a stable system where everything else works.
 
The odd thing was that the power load in this house had been consistent for about 10 days, so why overload now :confused:

The landlord also said that everything had been checked by a qualified electrician and was deemed to be alright :confused:
 
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