I got called out tonight to a customer who said something was wrong with his fuse box.
When I got there he said he'd noticed an acrid burning smell and noticed that one of his circuit breakers had tripped but it was still burning and getting hotter.
Fortunately he is a retired fireman and knew what to do and had isolated the supply to make things safe by time I got there.
Here's what I found.
All the connections in the CU were good and tight.
It was a recalled wylex circuit breaker.
I managed to bodge his power back on with some bits I had on my van but it's really shaken him as he's got his daughter and granddaughter living with him at the moment and the thoughts of what my have happened if this hadn't been during the day when someone was there to notice it.
New Schneider acti9 board going in next week, and a phone call to electrium tomorrow....
When I got there he said he'd noticed an acrid burning smell and noticed that one of his circuit breakers had tripped but it was still burning and getting hotter.
Fortunately he is a retired fireman and knew what to do and had isolated the supply to make things safe by time I got there.
Here's what I found.
All the connections in the CU were good and tight.
It was a recalled wylex circuit breaker.
I managed to bodge his power back on with some bits I had on my van but it's really shaken him as he's got his daughter and granddaughter living with him at the moment and the thoughts of what my have happened if this hadn't been during the day when someone was there to notice it.
New Schneider acti9 board going in next week, and a phone call to electrium tomorrow....
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