A fuse box that keeps tripping is one of the most common calls we get across Cheltenham, Gloucester and the surrounding towns, and it is almost always the board doing its job rather than being faulty. That switch that keeps flicking off, the RCD, cuts the power in a fraction of a second when it senses electricity leaking where it should not, which protects you from a shock. The trick is finding what is triggering it, and that takes proper testing rather than guesswork.
The usual culprits are a faulty appliance, moisture in an outside socket or light fitting, a damaged cable or an overloaded circuit. It is fine to unplug everything on the affected circuit and reset the board once to see if it holds, but if it keeps tripping, trips straight back, or you smell burning or see scorching, stop and call an electrician. We test circuit by circuit with calibrated equipment to find the exact cause, make anything dangerous safe and fix it with a clear fixed price.
Usually the appliances
A faulty kettle, washing machine or immersion heater is the most common trigger, and easy to trace by testing.
Damp gets in
Water in an outside socket, garden light or shed circuit often trips the board after rain. We find and dry-out or repair it.
Tested, not guessed
We track the fault to the exact circuit and fitting with proper test gear, rather than swapping parts and hoping.
Your questions, answered
Is it safe to keep resetting the switch?
Reset it once after unplugging things on that circuit. If it trips straight back, keeps tripping or you smell burning, stop and call an electrician. Repeatedly forcing it on can mask a genuinely dangerous fault.
How do you find what is causing it?
We test circuit by circuit with calibrated equipment to isolate the exact circuit, appliance or cable at fault, rather than guessing. Most faults are found and fixed in a single visit.
Which areas do you cover for fault finding?
Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Evesham and Worcester, plus the surrounding villages. We keep space in the diary for faults, and anything that sounds dangerous goes to the front of the queue.
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