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Electrical Fault Finding

Fault finding means the testing of the operation of electrical equipment to determine if that electrical equipment is safe and working correctly. Here are some steps on how to do fault finding.

Steps to electrical fault finding

Electrical faults in the home can put your family in serious danger if the problem is not isolated and repaired promptly. Usually, when you have an electrical fault in your home, the specific circuit breaker where the fault is present will trip and cut the electricity off to it. Sometimes this isn’t the case, however, and the main switch for power to your entire house might trip instead. Fault finding can help you to identify the problem circuit and allow you to return electricity elsewhere.

Step 1: Turn all circuit breakers off

If power has been cut to your entire home and it isn’t a fault from your electricity provider, you’ll find the main switch in your switchboard has been tripped. This can trip if it detects any kind of electrical fault as a safety precaution. The individual circuit breakers will still be on, so you will first need to switch these off.

Step 2: Turn the main safety switch on.

With all the switches in the off position, now you can turn the main safety switch back on. Electricity is now available in your home, but with the individual circuits turned off, power is not yet supplied to your appliances and fixtures.

Step 3: Turn each circuit breaker back on.

With the main switch back on, you can now turn each circuit breaker switch back on. The key here is to turn each switch back on, one at a time.

Step 4: Identify the faulty circuit

By turning each switch on individually, you will be able to find the faulty circuit. The faulty circuit is the one that trips back off after you’ve switched it back on! Some component of this circuit is causing your electrical fault.

Step 5: Turn all switches off again.

With the faulty circuit identified you must now turn all the switches back off again.

Step 6: Turn the electricity back on.

Now we can begin the process of turning the electricity back on to the circuits that aren’t tripping. Firstly turn the main switch on and then turn each circuit back on except for the faulty one.

You now have power back to your home and don’t need to worry about that faulty circuit tripping again.

Step 7: Call Electrician

With the faulty circuit identified and power cut off from it, it’s time to call in a professional fault-finding electrician. Until the electrical problem is resolved, this switch won’t turn back on!

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No matter urgent any electrical repairs seem it’s never okay to attempt to handle them on your own. Trying to take care of electrical problems without professional training is extremely dangerous. If you or someone else aren’t hurt during your attempt, there’s still a chance that you’ve left something undone that poses a huge risk to you, your home, or your family.

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