Urgent: 60 amp main cut out fuse required

[SPARTYKUS]

Mustve been some lights to blow a 60A bullet!

 

[LlandrilloSpark]

I put a nail thru 16mm t&e feeding top play I was working In, it took out the 60A switched fuse for the flat and the main 60A cut out, I called DNO who changed the main after I repaired the fault and the guy gave me 3 old fuses and a hand full of seals "just it case"

 

[LlandrilloSpark]

I meant top flat!

 

[Robert Turnbull]

Well personally I wanted to be their when the fuse went in to make sure I had the fault fixed. Given the day it is and the time waiting about for the Dno and the fact it was 30 miles from my home, I decided was best to take half hour of my time to get some fuses.

One happy customer who was about to up root a family for Christmas

 

[Steve_P]

I bet they wont do that again!

Bet they do but unplug all the leads before a spark turns up.

 

[Robert Turnbull]

As they did last night. They had a proper IP socket by the front door for the lights there.

They didn't show me Blackpool illuminations in the back garden!

 

[Geordie Spark]

There's always the tinfoil to fall back on if your pushed mate

There's none of that spare Trev ....... it's all wrapped aroond the turkey !!

 

[ipf]

There's none of that spare Trev ....... it's all wrapped aroond the turkey !!

S***.....I knew I'd forgot something!!

 

[Guest55]

i'm struggling to understand how garden fairy lights blew the service fuse ?
surely theres a plug top fuse and the ring main device fitted downstream of the
dno cut-out ?

 

[ian.settle1]

i'm struggling to understand how garden fairy lights blew the service fuse ?
surely theres a plug top fuse and the ring main device fitted downstream of the
dno cut-out ?

Probabily had them, the cooker and shower on all at the same time

 

[Guest55]

Probabily had them, the cooker and shower on all at the same time

Ah ! must have been one those environmentally friendly 10 Gigawatt garden fairy-light set-ups lol.

 

[tony mc]

Got to aggree with Biff here!

I wonder if their is another fault as with the garden lights you would expect the plug and maybe the MCB /Fuse for the cct to go but not the main 60 !

 

[Robert Turnbull]

Cooker, and a fan heater heater and tv lights etc...

Seen main fuses blow 3 or 4 times now for small faults

 

[Robert Turnbull]

i'm struggling to understand how garden fairy lights blew the service fuse ?
surely theres a plug top fuse and the ring main device fitted downstream of the
dno cut-out ?

The extension was full of water

 

[electric will]

The extension was full of water

being outdoors. Was it rcd protected?

 

[Robert Turnbull]

No, on a 30amp rewire able

 

[electric will]

So the dno's cut out went before a 30 amp 3036? Come on lad, you can't kid a load of kidder's here.

 

[Robert Turnbull]

well it did!

Like i said before seen it a few times, last one was a screw in a cable, someone fitting surround sound speakers. dead short..

why don't you PM me some more abuse ????

there some great/helpful information and people on this forum, but there some strange ones on here.

 

[ste mac]

I too have had a 60A DNO fuse blown due to water getting through a wall running down the twin and earths an causing a short at the socket outlet. The 3036 30A fuse was still ok.
I also caused a 60A to blow when I hit a diagonally run cooker cable while chasing out ,again the 30A 3036 was intact. Maybe years of overloading weakens them enough that they blow slightly faster than a 3036 under fault conditions.

 

[Knobhead]

You simply can’t beat the “bang” test for fault finding. I always thought the method was repair fault, replace fuse. Just shows how far behind the times I am.

PS regarding the extension lead, pull the other one it’s got bells on it.