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What can be the reasons your safety switches keep tripping?

One of the most important safety features your local electrician on Gold Coast can install in your home is safety switches on your circuitry. Safety switches are often confused with circuit breakers and surge protectors which are installed to protect equipment and wiring. Safety switches role is to protect life, they do this by monitoring the movement of current as it passes through your electrical wiring and instantly disconnect the electricity if they detect any differences or changes. When a safety switch in your home keeps tripping or shutting off your current it can be for any of these reasons: ·        Damaged or faulty appliances When an appliance gets old, worn or damaged it can leak extra current. When this happens your safety switch will be activated and turn the current off. The best way to find a faulty appliance that leaking extra current is to disconnect all appliances on a circuit and try them individually ·        Damaged Wiring Electrical wiring inside your