RE: Help - Lights tripping breaker when they blow

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a contactum 12 way unit.

Any reason why a new type B trips where the old type B didn't ?

Would a type C be better then the B ? It just seems a backward step to
replace the MCB with a fuse :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:46 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help - Lights tripping breaker when they blow
>
>
> Its a cartridge fuse the same as in a plugtop, sits in a carrier that
> replaces the MCB.
>
> If you know your mains board type, i'll tell you the relevent part
number
> .
>
>
>
> Dean.
>
>
>   _____
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> From: Alex Monaghan [mailto:ha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 November 2004 23:02
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help - Lights tripping breaker when they blow
>
>
> So Asda's own bulbs are not much use then :)
>
> What's an HRC fuse ?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:30 PM
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help - Lights tripping breaker when they
blow
> >
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > Replace with HRC fuses - they'll never go before a lamp.. or
> >
> > Buy a lamp with a fuse - i think Osram, and the other well known
> > manufacturers still fit a small fuse inside the filament.
> >
> > To check if you have lamps with fuses, hold a lamp up against a
bright
> > light, where the pearl changes to clear down the neck you can see
a
> clear
> > glass tube over one side of the filament arm, if you cant see it,
you
> > havent
> > got one :)
> >
> > These fuses certainly stop MCB's tripping.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dean.
> >
> >
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> > From: Alex Monaghan [mailto:ha@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 29 November 2004 20:16
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Help - Lights tripping breaker when they blow
> >
> >
> > I recently installed a new consumer unit and migrated my
(currently
> > completely standard, not automated in any way - yet !) lighting
circuits
> > to
> > it.
> >
> > The old CU had 5A Type B breakers (the plug-in replacement for a
> > traditional
> > fuse type). The new CU has 6A Type B breakers. Every time a bulb
has
> blown
> > since being on the new breaker it's tripped it (just the
individual
> > breaker). I've seen this in many other people's houses. Is there
any way
> > to
> > prevent it ? It drives SWMBO mad.
> >
> >
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