Electricity Leakage (Urgent!)

2008-08-05 5:09 am
The fuse of the main switch of my home has always "switched off" itself suddenly in the last few months. I have found an electrician to take a look and we found that one or some of the appliances / sockets under the 10A fuse seemed to have leakage problem as the circuit would only disconnect when we used those appliances / sockets.

In the following few weeks, when I turned on the other appliances / used the sockets under the 30A fuse, however, the circuit breaker did also cut the electricity occasionally.

Last week, I added another 20A fuse to the main switch but when I turned on a light tube under this fuse, the main switch (sometimes) cut the home electricity again.

With all these experiences, it does not seem like it is only the 10A fuse issue. It appears to me that it is more like there are issues with the main switch. I don't know much about electricity maintenance and hope any of you could confirm my understanding or give me some advice.

I don't want to damage all the wallpapers and walls and lay all the cables in order to fix the problem as it is too expensive to me.

Thank you.

回答 (2)

2008-08-06 1:33 am
✔ 最佳答案
Below is a simple way of testing short-circuit or electricity leakage for your reference :
(1) Switch off or disconnect all electric appliances and lighting one by one .
(2) Switch on or connect all electric appliances and lighting one by one until the main switch breaker cuts-offs automatically. If the "cut-off" happens , you may find out which electric appliance / lighting/socket has troublesome problem either electricity leakage or short-crcuit.
(3) If the troublesome problem mentioned-above does not appear, you should ask an electrician to check up the main switch ! But Don't do this check-up by yourself because it is very dangerious !!! Caution : Electricity Shock!!
For your information only, the electrician will have all cables disconnected to all electric appliances / lighting / sockets from the main switch after switching-off the main switch and then check them one by one with multi-meter.
2008-08-05 8:44 am
I think you asked your question in a wrong place.


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