{"id":4739,"date":"2020-03-04T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=4739"},"modified":"2021-03-24T19:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T19:20:10","slug":"whats-in-your-fuse-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aikdesigns.com\/blog\/whats-in-your-fuse-board\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in your Fuse board?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you understand your wick board?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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What is in your fuse board (or fuse box, electrical box, consumer unit, lecy thing)?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When it all gets dark, you may know that you need to blow the cobwebs off the fuse box and turn a switch back, but why so many different bits and bobs? Hopefully this article will help you understand a little more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Goodship Electrical Milton Keynes<\/strong><\/a>, Electrical Service Company Milton Keynes,\u00a0Expert Electrical Solutions Milton Keynes,\u00a0Commercial Electrician Milton Keynes,\u00a0Domestic Electricians Milton Keynes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But first a brief history of the modern wick board.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Houses were electrified in the early 1900s, but only after World War II was the electrical supply voltage standardized and fuse boards introduced. Due to a shortage of skilled labor, it was not until the late 1950s that the production of wick plates really started and we began to see them more often in our homes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The first domestic fuse plates had fuses that you could replace or rewire, these types of cards still work in some homes throughout the country. But the modem fuse (\u2018consumer unit\u2019) has technology that makes them so much safer and is designed to stop electrical shocks and fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The modern consumer unit (fuse board)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The main switch<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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The main switch is exactly that, the main switch. It controls the power supply from your electrical meter to the consumer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This switch is the only one that can be turned on and off manually, unlike the rest of the switches in your consumer unit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

RCD<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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RCDs (RCDs) are used to protect life by preventing electric shocks and malfunctions that could cause a fire. It does this by immediately turning off (tripping) when it detects an imbalance in the force, suggesting that force flows through something that it should not be. You must test your earth leakage circuit breaker at least every 6 months by pressing the button.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

MCB<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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MCBs (miniature circuit breakers) to which your electrical circuits are connected. MCBs switch off (trip) when they detect an overload, such as when you connect too many things to an extension cord, or an over current (short circuit) that can occur when you hammer a nail through a cable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

RCBO<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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An RCBO (earth leakage circuit breaker with over current protection) is a device that does the same work as both RCD and MCB in one, preventing electric shocks, earth faults, overload and over current. RCBOs are used on important circuits and where overload shutdown can affect an RCD. You must test your RCBO at least every 6 months by pressing the button.<\/p>\n

Why do my bulbs keep blowing?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n