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I have an old house with an electrical installation which must be at least 30-40 years old in places. Porcelain fuses, many bakerlite junction boxes, switches etc.
In the process of saving for a total re-wire but have had to have a little patching up to do now and again in the meanwhile. All been fairly simple stuff to date, remove appropriate fuse install new switch, re-wire and re-insert fuse etc.
However, I now have a far more immediate and complex task.
There is a submain switch which which has blown in some style, Its a Wylex 104 and supplies the shower in the bathroom upstairs. I have identified and rectified the short in the bathroom, which was a screw shorting in a junction box. It has taken out both the switch and the 45 amp fuse, frying some cable in the process.
Problem is that the switch is supplied direct from the meter so there is no way of isolating this.
I know ... I know that I need an pro for this, but my fear is that he'll look at the rest of the installation and just walk away. I am half way to my £5K target for a complete re-install and just need to buy a little more time but will need to take a shower while waiting. I have a couple of other less important circuits with un-identified issues and have simply removed the fuses to ensure they are no longer live.
Really need a little help here, not necessarily in how to do this myself, because I no I should not attempt that, but maybe how I might convince a spark to provide a temporary fix.
For re-assurance this is in a locked cellar and there is only me living in the house, so the existing blown switch/fuse is presently secure.
In the process of saving for a total re-wire but have had to have a little patching up to do now and again in the meanwhile. All been fairly simple stuff to date, remove appropriate fuse install new switch, re-wire and re-insert fuse etc.
However, I now have a far more immediate and complex task.
There is a submain switch which which has blown in some style, Its a Wylex 104 and supplies the shower in the bathroom upstairs. I have identified and rectified the short in the bathroom, which was a screw shorting in a junction box. It has taken out both the switch and the 45 amp fuse, frying some cable in the process.
Problem is that the switch is supplied direct from the meter so there is no way of isolating this.
I know ... I know that I need an pro for this, but my fear is that he'll look at the rest of the installation and just walk away. I am half way to my £5K target for a complete re-install and just need to buy a little more time but will need to take a shower while waiting. I have a couple of other less important circuits with un-identified issues and have simply removed the fuses to ensure they are no longer live.
Really need a little help here, not necessarily in how to do this myself, because I no I should not attempt that, but maybe how I might convince a spark to provide a temporary fix.
For re-assurance this is in a locked cellar and there is only me living in the house, so the existing blown switch/fuse is presently secure.