Fuse sometimes blows

bigvito · Post by **bigvito** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:51 pm

I've noticed, that sometimes, when I turn my machine on, the fuse blows in the house's box (NOT in the machine).

I've tried it on different circuits, and sometimes it just trips the fuse on that circuit, or it runs like it should.

I've had it on for a couple of hours without problems, it only happens when I flick it on about 20% of the time.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:00 am

is it on an extention lead or straight into a socket?

they should be straight into the socket

bigvito · Post by **bigvito** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:08 am

as the manual says, the cable is 1,5 meters long and into a socket.

bigvito · Post by **bigvito** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:32 am

i just reset the fuse and it fired up fine now... betcha its going to trip the fuse later on

bigvito · Post by **bigvito** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:57 pm

fired it up ten times today and eventually it tripped the fuse again

jaffacat · Post by **jaffacat** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:36 pm

It`s tripping the fuse for a reason - there`s an electrical fault with it and it trips the fuse as a safety measure.

bigvito · Post by **bigvito** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:48 pm

yea sure but how come the fault doesn't persist? Most of the time I can turn it on no problems.

RobCavendish · Post by **RobCavendish** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:28 pm

When you say it trips the fuse, is it actually a fuse or a circuit breaker? If it's a circuit breaker what is the breaker rated at?
Somewhere on it, it should list the current level at which it trips, it is also worth checking the tripping characteristics of the breaker, this is often just a letter after the rating number, A, B and C are quite common.

RobCavendish · Post by **RobCavendish** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:31 pm

When you say it trips the fuse, is it actually a fuse or a circuit breaker? If it's a circuit breaker what is the breaker rated at?
Somewhere on it, it should list the current level at which it trips, it is also worth checking the tripping characteristics of the breaker, this is often just a letter after the rating number, A, B and C are quite common.