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Lighting Stopped working
Every so often, your lights flicker, dim, or won't turn on? This could be an electrical fire hazard!
We Have Lost Our power
My neighbors have power, but you don't. Some lights and sockets don't work Power cut or RCD keeps tripping. You should call an electrician at once!
Fuses Not working
Are you constantly tripping your fuse box? Gigi Emergency Electrician will fault find and resolve your issue. Highly recommended.
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Does your RCD trip frequently or intermittently? We are here to help.
The MCB Was Tripped
Is your MCB tripping and you don't know why? Our experienced team can help you resolve electrical problems.
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Electrical problems cause more than 15% of all domestic fires. Can you smell electrical burning? Turn off your power and call immediately.
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Fault Finding Services Smethwick
If there is an abrupt rise in the use of electrical current or leakage, your RCD will react. This could be due to frozen contents or fridge thawing.
A poorly connected appliance may occasionally cause an increase in electricity supply. If this happens, the RCD will trip and reset as it is designed to do. Electricity supply should return to normal shortly afterwards.
Moisture from outside electrical boxes or sockets can cause the RCD to trip. It is crucial that moisture be detected in socket boxes early. Check exterior outlets and electrical terminal boxes regularly for moisture.
Spikes could also be caused by older electrical appliances, such washing machines or dryers that have been improperly connected or not maintained. When there is a correlation in the frequency/time and usage of an appliance and surges, then motors and pumps will most likely be causing the RCD to trip.
When there is an abrupt spike in electricity, it can cause serious injury or damage. These spikes can be caused by lightning strikes, electrical faults, power tools, appliances with motors or pumps, old washing machines and dryers and so on.
A faulty component in your central heating could cause RCD trips. RCD trips often occur when the defective component switches on and off multiple times, leading to false alarms. Electrical equipment could sustain permanent damage if it experiences repeated or prolonged RCD trip due to a defective component.
Maintaining a high standard of electrical safety is crucial. Call Gigi Emergency Electrician at 07782 805852 Your local emergency electrician serving Smethwick and Sandwell, Soho, Merry Hill B66 2, Langley, Ladywood B16 8, Harborne, Handsworth Wood
Ohhhhh! It happened again. The fuse box tripped again right in middle of the game. It can be annoying if your fuse panel keeps tripping despite not knowing why. This is a sign that there might be a problem with your wiring or electrical appliances. It’s possible to reset it every time it trips. You could also identify the source of the problem, and fix it once for all.
If you live in a home, your fuse box, or consumer unit as electricians refer to it, is normally located on the ground floor, under the stairs. Try to keep the area around your consumer unit clear so you can easily access the switches in an emergency. If you live in a flat, the unit is usually higher up on a wall in your hallway.
A fuse box is absolutely vital to the safety of your household (sort of like the gatekeeper between you and all the electrical currents coming into your home from the mains electricity supply).
These currents may prove fatally hazardous if there is an electrical fault or surge. To prevent this, the fuse box detects abnormal activity and cuts off any electricity flowing through the circuit. Modern homes are not equipped with circuit breakers or fuse boxes, so electrical fires, shocks, and other incidents would occur all the time.
You can see whether you have circuit breakers or fuses by opening your fuse box panel. Circuit breakers look like a row of levers or switches. Fuses, which are more modern-looking than most, are round and can be screwed into sockets just like small light bulbs.
If you don’t have a label for your circuit breakers, fuses or switches, make sure to mark them according the location of which light sockets and lights they activate when they turn on. You’ll be a blessing to your future self if you ever have to replace a circuit.
An electrician should be able to fix any electrical problems in your house. To avoid any danger of an electrical current, switch off and unplug anything you need to be working on. If you have fuse box problems in Sandwell, Soho, Merry Hill B66 2, Langley, call Gigi Emergency Electrician today! 07782 805852
Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs) are protective electromagnetic devices. They act as a switch within a circuit. When the current passes over the circuit’s limit, they automatically open it. This device can also be used to manually turn on and off normal switches.
Also known as time delay devices, MCBs trip and stop the system whenever an overcurrent is flowing for a longer amount of time. This can pose a danger to the entire circuit. These devices can stop power supply for short-circuits in 2.5 milliseconds.
MCB Tripping: The Causes
In an electrical system ‘Fault’ is the condition which arises due to the malfunctioning of some component or wrong electrical practice. A fault may lead to a very dangerous situation such as explosion & fire if not cleared timely, not only this, the amount of time for which fault remains in the system, it continuously deteriorates the system health causing high energy losses resulting in increased thermal stress upon the system.
Faults are dangerous and must be removed as soon possible.
Miniature Circuit Breaker (MCB)
Miniature Circuit Breaker or MCB is a protection device that protects against overload and short circuit. It contains a bimetal & a solenoid coil, which trip the MCB in the event of Overload & Short Circuit. Conforming with IEC 60898-1 MCB is used to lower ratings from 0.5125A.
They can be used to protect your home’s wiring, as well as the electrical appliances. So, whenever an MCB trips there is a serious reason behind it and should be dealt cautiously.
An average electrical fire, short or short, has a distinct metal or burning copper smell. You may also smell burning rubber mixed with plastic. This is not a joke as it indicates that something is too full. Shut your main power off immediately and call your electrician for advice. They will let you know how serious the issue is and if you should call the fire department or not.
Why Do I Keep Smelling Electrical Burning?
Sometimes, an electrical smell could be caused by a device you have plugged and not your entire system.
It’s hard to describe its smell. It is a combination all of these. What it smells like will never leave you. It’s a nightmare for an electrician.
You can have electrical fires in any size and location. Copper and metallic wires form the wiring that runs power through plugs, outlets, lights and TVs.
Depending upon where the wires are placed in relation to each another, they can either produce the same “burning” copper odor or a different smell due to temperature difference.
Here are some possible causes of an electrical burning smell in the home.
1. Overload- when too much current passes through a circuit at the same time. It causes wires and cables to heat up and catch fire.
2. Short circuiting- When electricity is trapped in one wire but flows into another wire it causes a short circuit, which can result in a fire.
3. Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), these breakers detect if there is an electrical current flowing into your ground. They then shut down the power before any damage is done. This protects you against shock.
4. Faulty wiring can be caused either by water, ice or someone tripping over your wire and creating a short-circuit that causes fire.
Combining electricity and fire can be dangerous. It is very common to have electrical fires in your home. If you have an older home with many outlets or extension cords, electrical fires can be the result of these things being overloaded.
If you detect a fishy smell, don’t hesitate calling Gigi Emergency Electrician or 07782 805852 as it could be dangerous.
Check your appliances that use heat and turn them off and clear debris from them when the power is out. Turn off everything you can so that when the power comes back, things that have been switched on will begin to work again, which could result in fire or electric shock.
The power might be out in your neighborhood if your neighbors don’t have power or the street lights are off.
For the latest information regarding power cuts, call 105. It should also be possible for them to let you know when the power will be restored.
Your fuses or switches may be malfunctioning if your neighbors still have power and the street lights are on.
If it’s an electrical issue, call a professional right away.
Your circuit breaker might be defective if you frequently experience power outages in your home or if a blown fuse cuts off power to your entire house. Although it is intended to shut down power if surges or other anomalies are detected, frequent power outages could mean the circuit breaker itself is faulty. A licensed electrician can locate the cause of the problem and fix it for you.
In a lot of situations we don’t have warning and the luxury to book in for appointment for help, however trust your local emergency electrician.
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