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Reason for installing Circuit Breakers


Many of the older houses around The Gold Coast still have their original wiring and fuse boards. While these were adequate when the building was built, many are not able to support all the electrical gadgetry most modern lifestyles require. Your friendly local electrician in Elanora will be able to advise you on your best options and upgrade your system, installing circuit breakers to more adequately safeguard your home to prevent problems occurring such as electrical fires.

Circuit breakers are much more convenient

Apart from the safety issues, circuit breakers are much more convenient to use than fuses. If you have fuses and they blow, unless you are very familiar with your fuse box, it can be hard to find the fuse that’s blown. Often you have to check each fuse, then when you locate the fuse that’s blown you need to find the correct sized fuse wire and install it. This can be difficult in the dark, it’s very important to replace the fuse wire with the correct size as if it’s too small it will quickly blow again and if it’s too large it could allow the wiring it protects to overheat causing a fire.

Circuit breakers are very easy to locate as they switch themselves off when the circuit becomes overloaded. This is very obvious as you can see the switch has moved to the off position when tripped and it’s a simple action of switching it back on to close the circuit again.

Circuit breakers are safer than fuse links

You don’t need fuse wire at all, in fact, all you need is a touch or flashlight and you can reset the circuit in seconds. Circuit breakers actually contain a fuse inside, this gives you double protection so, if in the unlikely event that the circuit breaker doesn’t trip (which is very rare) the fuse will blow.
Because they do not blow, meaning they do not get hot and melt as a fuse does there isn’t a problem with heat and a possibility of fire. When a fuse blows it can cause an arc, a very hot spark that has the potential of causing a fire.

Upgrading you electrics with modern circuit breakers

Often, if you have a building with a fuse box you will also have old wiring and often these need to be upgraded so they can safely cope with the extra loads you are placing on them. The insulation on many older wires can over time break down and rodent’s can be attracted to electrical wiring as chewing it helps keep their teeth in check.

Ask your friendly electricians in Elanora to give you a quote on upgrading your fuse box and install circuit breakers and at the same time checking your wiring so you can be sure of your families and your own safety. Overloaded circuits are the main cause of electrical problems around the home. If you use strip adapters and double plugs you’re most likely overloading your circuits

Circuit breakers are a sensible safety measure that you can have installed in your home of workplace to protect your property and family. The cost is minimal and they provide peace of mind knowing you are well protected and can easily reset the circuits if required.




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