Newbie question cannot get fuse out of fusebox

[Rupesjoel]

Dear All,

I need to change the fuse in a standard household Ashley fusebox but I cannot pull the fuse out, no matter how hard I try. The fuse looks a like a standard cartridge type fuse(16 A MCB16).

There is a small key in the lid of the fusebox which looks like a paper clip opened out, but I cannot work out how to use that. I would post a photo of the fusebox but I cannot on this forum yet.

Any ideas would be gratefully received.

Many thanks,

Rupes

 

[telectrix]

are you in australia? if you think those are fuses then it's time to stop before you kill yourself.

 

[monkeyelectric]

They're mcbs, just turn it back on, or is it knackered?

 

[Steve_P]

They're MCB's not fuses and based on the initial post, I'd feel happier if you called a qualified electrician.

 

[Rupesjoel]

Fuse no.4 controls the hot water and with it flicked back on the hot water cylinder remains off. I assume that the Ho****er flicked the fuse off and blew it at the same time.

 

[monkeyelectric]

I think you need to call an electrician, if you post what part of london you're in i'm sure one of the members will sort it for you

 

[telectrix]

sounds like you have a faulty immersion heater. call in a qualified spareks to fix it. i'm out.

 

[Rupesjoel]

Ok thanks very much.
Thanks.

 

[Steve_P]

Definitely need a spark there chap. I'm with Tel - I'm out.

Pub Tel?

 

[Rupesjoel]

I am in Westminster and am a tenant in my flat. The landlord has just paid a lot of money for Pimlico Plumbers to fix the shower which had a broken relay so if this was an easy fix I was trying to do it myself.
Thanks,

 

[Rupesjoel]

I will contact a spark thanks.

 

[MDJ]

Dear All,

I need to change the fuse in a standard household Ashley fusebox but I cannot pull the fuse out, no matter how hard I try. The fuse looks a like a standard cartridge type fuse(16 A MCB16).

There is a small key in the lid of the fusebox which looks like a paper clip opened out, but I cannot work out how to use that. I would post a photo of the fusebox but I cannot on this forum yet.

Any ideas would be gratefully received.

Many thanks,

Rupes

My God, what next

 

[telectrix]

thanks for taking the advice. this is your landlord's problem and he should sort it out. it's up to you whether you want to pay for it yourself ( be around £70 -£120 if it's a new element required ) or to contact the landlord and get him to pay for it.

 

[yellowvanman]

thanks for taking the advice. this is your landlord's problem and he should sort it out. it's up to you whether you want to pay for it yourself ( be around £70 -£120 if it's a new element required ) or to contact the landlord and get him to pay for it.

This is London tel, it'll be a lot more than that!

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[telectrix]

bloody 'ell. think i'll relocate. and wtf is 12am? 12 is either noon or midnight. it's not before or after 12, it is 12.

 

[Engineer54]

bloody 'ell. think i'll relocate. and wtf is 12am? 12 is either noon or midnight. it's not before or after 12, it is 12.

Actually it's not!! 12am is midnight denoting going into the am hours and 12pm is midday denoting going into the pm hours. You need to distinguish the two when working on a 12 hour clock. Whereas 1200 hrs and 2400 hrs is self explanatory!! lol!!! Just couldn't resist!!:angel_smile:

 

[telectrix]

agree it is going into those hours. 12.00.01 is am or pm, but 12.00.00 is noon or midnight.

 

[Geoffsd]

The 'm' refers to the meridian i.e. noon.

Therefore 12 mid-day is neither before (a) nor after (p) 'm' and

12 midnight is both 12am and 12pm.

 

[Steve_P]

Yeah but by the time you say it, it's afternoon (after 12.00 = noon). Unless of course you say, at the 3rd pip, the time according to ME will be 12 mid day, pip pip pip.

 

[Poptasticdave]

Whilst we are all raising our hands in horror at the OP's lack of (safe) knowledge, this does remind me of an incident in my first teaching post, where the (apparently) well experienced and qualified Network Manager made exactly the same error and was found, by a thankfully better informed woodwork teacher, trying to use a plain steel cold chisel to prise out a 32A MCB from a metal clad 3 phase dist board, which was live and, quote the said person "could not be isolated as it powers the servers".
if a supposedly technically qualified IT "expert" can make such lethal and crass mistakes there's no wonder the OP did!