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I was working at the computer tonight when it suddenly went off, as did all upstairs sockets and downstairs lights. One of the main switches in the fusebox (is it still called that?) had tripped. I pushed it back up without any problem and so far it's been OK after an hour.
We had our whole house rewired and a new fusebox installed about a year ago.
The central heating system (pump) developed a fault recently which kept tripping the same switch in the fusebox, but we've had a new pump installed on Saturday and all has been well.
The areas covered by that switch are...upstairs sockets, downstairs lights, kitchen and office sockets (downstairs) and central heating + immersion heater. We don't use the immersion heater at all, so when the system tripped, there was only one light, one computer, heating and fridge in operation. The heating system wasn't at any stage where it was doing anything...pump not operating and timer or thermostat not switching anything off or on, so there was little demand on the system.
Has anyone any suggestions as to what the problem might be and if it's likely to happen again...or is it one of those things that sometimes happens?
We had our whole house rewired and a new fusebox installed about a year ago.
The central heating system (pump) developed a fault recently which kept tripping the same switch in the fusebox, but we've had a new pump installed on Saturday and all has been well.
The areas covered by that switch are...upstairs sockets, downstairs lights, kitchen and office sockets (downstairs) and central heating + immersion heater. We don't use the immersion heater at all, so when the system tripped, there was only one light, one computer, heating and fridge in operation. The heating system wasn't at any stage where it was doing anything...pump not operating and timer or thermostat not switching anything off or on, so there was little demand on the system.
Has anyone any suggestions as to what the problem might be and if it's likely to happen again...or is it one of those things that sometimes happens?