Category: Lessons In All Things Electrical
10 Electrifying Facts About Your Fuse Box
In every home there is a distribution board, commonly called a fuse box or circuit breaker box. This enclosure controls all the electricity that comes into your home. It is the heart of your home’s electrical system. Everything runs through the fuse box, but what is it? What, exactly, does it do? And why should…
Light Bulbs That Keep Failing
Relax !!! This problem does not mean you have a major wiring fault. This is a never ending problem which has been looked into for donkeys years. A wiring fault in your circuit will be picked up by fuses and MCB’s long before it gets to the bulb. There are a few reasons bulbs can…
Why Should We Earth Electrical Installations
The very basic reason is for safety of you and the equipment. Imagine an electricity system, the generator or power station might be miles from where you are, and the power from that comes along the live power line, into the equipment and returns back again through the neutral power line (in simple terms). However…