Fuse box tripping

If my fuse box keeps tripping off, do I need a new fuse box or new fuse if there's more than 1 switch flipping off?

Asked by Melissa on 28th Feb 2025
Expert Trade Answers
"In order to understand why the fuse has tripped, you need to find the reason. 1. The fuse may be faulty. 2. The list of devices that are related to this fuse may be faulty..."
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Feb 2025 - report
"This could be for a number of reasons... firstly there is one of the elecrical items on fuse board rings are shorting the RCD. Get someone qualified to test the ring, if the RCD is sill tripping replace the RCD faulty. Hope this helps"
Answered on 4th Mar 2025 - Member since Nov 2024 - report
"You should plug off the mention equipment, reset. One by one, find the damage one, the mcb box cloud normal use."
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Feb 2025 - report
"Have you got rcds in the ccu.iths may be down to faulty fuse.But at the same time there could be others reasons"
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Nov 2017 - report
"There will be a reason it trips , so first is to find source of the fault"
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Sep 2024 - report
"It looks like you have a fault in the wire circuit"
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Oct 2024 - report
"First to check why fuse is tripping?
Fault finding to check where’s the issue and then you can able to fix"
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Mar 2024 - report
"Ok.
What is It a type of tripping fuse? There are many types.
Those tripping affected on other circuits?
There is many reasons why some of the breakers can tripping."
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Mar 2022 - report
"The fact the fuse is tripping means there is an issue on that circuit not the fuse box, the new fusebox's would trip even more and even than the pre-existing fault on the circuit would need to be rectified. The best solution would be to get an Electrician in to carry out fault finding."
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Oct 2018 - report
"The fact the fuse is tripping means there is an issue on that circuit maybe not the fuse box/breaker, new fusebox's trip even more and even than the pre-existing fault on the circuit would need to be rectified. The best solution would be to get an Electrician in to carry out fault finding."
Answered on 28th Feb 2025 - Member since Jan 2025 - report
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