My friend has just bought a house in France, he has a problem that the fuse box doesnot disconnect the power when turned off or fuses are removed. Does any one know why this could be please. Thankyou.
2007-02-22 00:45:48 · 6 answers · asked by iloveliz 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I'm a spark and I worked in Paris last year on the aquarium du Trocadero in front of the eyefull tower and let me tell you the French do have some funny ideas about electrics!! If your mates place is just a domestic house there can't be that much wrong with it, but it sounds to me like you might have a case of cross polarity on the incoming supply to the property. In Britain our fuseboards have to comply with the IEE wiring regs which state that fuseboard main switches have to be double pole ie: when switched off they have to switch both the live and the neutral off. I'm not sure about french fuseboards but if they only have to isolate one pole ie: the live cable get's switched off but the neutral doesn't as it doesn't carry any current, and if the incoming cables had cross polarity ie:the live connected where the neutral should be and neutral where live should be then when the main switch was turned off the circuits connected would backfeed through the neutral cable still being live even tho the main switch and the fuses are pulled out. then this would create the problem you have described.
Bit complex to describe but it is easily remedied by reversing the incoming live and neutral to the board therefore un-crossing the polarity. tell your mate to be carefull.
2007-02-22 01:11:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ryan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i suspect he is not in the proper fuse box ..tell him to look for another one ..i have a house in France ..and their standards are high .see if he can see where it comes into the house and try and follow it through
2007-02-22 09:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by boy boy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no reasons why this should be the case. Only reason perhaps, a crap installation. Tell him to get in touch with a qualified electrician.
2007-02-22 08:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by Josselin G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an obsolete consumer unit. Find the "In Use" box.
2007-02-22 08:49:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get the place inspected by a proper electrical contractor there are allot of iffy people who sparks
2007-02-22 10:57:42 · answer #5 · answered by zion 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Ryan
2007-02-22 09:48:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋