Common Fuse Box Issues and Solutions
If you are a homeowner, chances are you have blown a fuse a time or two. This is a relatively common electrical occurrence in the home. However, when you go to your fuse box, if you smell something burning or notice the wires beginning to melt together, you need to call an electrician as soon as possible for a fuse replacement.
Electricians are a vital part of society. Without electricians, the world as everyone knows would end. This might sound dramatic, but without professional electricians, a lot more people would electrocute themselves and go without electricity a lot longer during power outages.
Electricians keep homes safe and keep society working properly. Read below for more information on fuse boxes and how to repair and replace them.
Removing Your Fuse Box
It is crucial to your safety and the safety of those around you to always hire a professional electrician before you try to do any electrical work to your home. This is especially true with anything that has to do with the fuse box.
The fuse box is what takes all the electricity sent from your electrical provider and sends it to the rest of your home. As you can imagine, there is a lot that can go wrong when you are working on it so having a professional around will also ensure the job is done efficiently.
Some of the materials needed on the job are:
- Pliers
- Screwdriver Set
- Socket Set
- Wrench
- Manual
A professional electrician will arrive with all these tools and more. Professionals are prepared for any unforeseen problem or accident. Before an electrician does anything to your fuse box, he will call the electrical provider to have the power supply turned off. This is the safest and only way to work on a fuse box.
Next, the fuses are removed with the screwdriver and unhook the wires with the pliers. After that, the electrician can unscrew and remove the fuse box. There aren’t many steps to this process, but that doesn’t take away from the possible dangers involved.
Fixing a Fuse Box
Replacing a fuse within a fuse box is the most common repair needed on a broken fuse box. To replace a fuse it requires tools similar to those mentioned above:
Pliers- Fuse Puller (Optional)
- Screwdriver Set
- Safety Equipment
- Replacement Fuse
In order to properly replace a fuse in the fuse box, the electrician will:
- Cut the Power to the Home by Calling the Electrical Service Provider
- Unscrew the Fuse
- Unhook the Wires With Pliers
- Take Out With the Fuse
- Install the Replacement Fuse
If a fuse isn’t installed correctly, it could cause an electrical fire to start within your fuse box. That is one of the main reasons it is important to have a professional replace the fuses in your fuse box. A professional will also be able to tell you when it is time to upgrade your fuse box.
When to Upgrade Your Fuse Box
It can be difficult to know when to upgrade your fuse box if you have never had to do something like that. Typically, after about twelve years, your fuse box will start to overheat and to need a lot of repairs. That is when you know a replacement is right around the corner.
That said, when you upgrade your fuse box you will receive numerous benefits. Some of these benefits include:
- Keeping You Safer From Electrical Fires
- Lowering Electrical Bills
- Lowering Homeowner’s Insurance
- Handling More Appliances
Albritton Service Co Knows Electricity
Keep your home and your neighbors safer and call the professionals at Albritton Service Co. They are a family-owned and operated electrical business that has served the Ruston, LA area since 1982. They are there to answer your questions any time of the day or night because they understand that electrical problems don’t abide by the clock.
