Old Fuse Box Trip Switch

Every time there was a power overload these little bars melted and had to be replaced.

Old fuse box trip switch.

Fuse boxes operate similarly to breakers but require a different process to restore the circuit if a fuse blows once you have located the main circuit breaker box open the metal door and look for a bank of switches arranged in rows. The little bars were then replaced with fuses which were easier to change when they melted and then came the electrical panel with various levers. Older ones have fuse holders and when a fuse is blown it must be replaced or rewired. In the case of loss of electric light or power your fuse box or consumer unit will either have fuses or trip switches.

In a traditional fuse box each fuse. Locating the root of the problem is largely a process of elimination and something you can do yourself. Modern electric circuits are fitted with a circuit breaker fuse system. Once reset plug your appliances back in one at a time and switch them back on.

Change a fuse in a traditional fuse box. Turn off and unplug the appliance before resetting the switch. Our presenter locates a traditional fuse box where she rewires the blown fuse. That is when houses had little lead and ceramic bars.

The expression trip the fuse has gone out of fashion. Unplug all of your appliances and try resetting the fuse switch. How does a fuse work. If a fault develops a switch is tripped and the circuit is broken.