for electrtions..if i use say 5 appliances in my house that connect to the mains my electric trips.?

Question

cus u shed light on this as it is doing my hed in haha thanks

Answer 1

If the trip is a 32Amp MCB then you are using too many heavy loaded appliances at the same time, as stated above a ring main circuit is designed with a diversity factor. A 32 amp breaker will only carry about 8kw indefinitely, and will trip after a few minutes with a 10kw load. You will have to re-organise your usage routine or have an extra outlet installed for at least one appliance to take some load off the ring circuit, (Assuming it is a ring in the first place??!!) If it's an RCD that is tripping, then read Sparky's answer.

Answer 2

Well, first of all, you left out some pertinent facts. What do you mean by appliances? Little countertop appliances or big ones like washing machines or ranges? What is the amp rating on the breaker that keeps tripping? (should be stamped on the switch you use to reset it). If it's a older house, it may not carry enough juice. But before you change it, you need to make sure the wire used on the circuit can carry a heavier load. My advice is, just don't use so many things at once. Or if it's going to drive you crazy, get a qualified electrician to look at it. You don't want to get in over your head and burn your house down.

Answer 3

If your main box is a breaker box it may need to be updated to accomodate the appliances you're using. Same possibility if it uses fuses or it could just need bigger amp fuses. Or, one of your appliances could be faulty, causing the trip. Try only 4 of the same 5 at a time until you've tried all 5 in different order (unplug 1 of the 4, plug in the 5th...unplug a different one, replug #1...unplug still another different one, replug #2, etc. If your elec. trips when you plug in a certain appliance when there's only 4 plugged in, then that particular appliance is causing it. Some electric cooking stoves have it's own fuse in back of the control panel or under the stovetop & if that fuse is bad, using the stove will trip your breaker box. Another possibility is a bad plug in, sometimes caused by mice. Unplug all appliances & go thru the house trying all outlets. If you hit a faulty outlet, your elec will trip.

Answer 4

a million. action of the climate 2. provider interruptions 3. non everlasting separation of things of the equipment from the main equipment 4. rare fluctuations no longer exceeding 5 minutes' length 5. different reasons previous the administration of the applying Why do circuit breakers holiday? the main explanation for circuit breakers tripping is 'overloading', that's a ability draw strengthen above their nominal score. maximum uncomplicated reasons are overloaded retailers (too many stuff plugged in and working on an identical time, which includes hair dryers and conveyable warmers) or a quick circuit. that's amazingly uncommon for a circuit breaker to be defective. How can i run greater home equipment with out tripping the circuit breaker? a typical residential 15 Amp breaker can carry 1800 Watts of load (at one hundred% score) and it won't holiday. including up the 'watts' of your home equipment (see the 'Watts' numbers on the labels) shouldn't exceed breaker score.

Answer 5

If they are plugged into separate sockets then there should be no problem. Each socket can take up to 13 amps which is approx 3 kw. It could be that one of the appliances is faulty. Plug them in one at a time and see if the trip goes. Suspect ones are kettles and toasters but it could be any one of them.

Answer 6

You are overloading that circuit. Unplug a few of those appliances and plug them into alternate outlets and circuits. If you do not. can not find alternatives, use the appliances only one or two at a time.

Answer 7

One of your appliances may have an earth fault causing your rcd to trip, try plugging them into a socket one at a time to see which one is causing the problem or the mcb that controls your sockets might not be big enough it should be rated at 32amps

Answer 8

no way should it trip with just 5 powered up !!! there is a fault somewhere either in the circut or an appliance " get it checked out "

Answer 9

the circuit is designed to work under a "diversity" rule, which assumes that it wont have full load on all outlets all the time.

if you have 5 1KW heaters plugged in and turned on it will overload the circuit, if you have less energy demanding devices it wont.

Answer 10

You're overloading that particular circuit. That's all!