Why does my cooker trip the fuse board?

Question

Why does my cooker trip the fuse board?

Answer 1

well if it is a fuse board then it must be costing you quite a bit to keep replacing the wire/fuse, but if it is breakers then that's better, ignore what      the other guy said about changing it, it doesn't really matter that much. There are several reasons why it could be tripping/blowing but the most likely is that you are overloading the circuit, try unplugging everything on on that circuit except the cooker then run just the cooker, it the breaker/fuse holds then you have found the problem, if not it could be a fault in the cooker or in the wiring, so get an electrician in to have a look at it. back the needing to change the fuses for breakers that a load of bull c**p, fuses still comply with current regulations, but a lot of sparkys will tell you other-wise to get you to fork out for a new board. If you do have fuses and want to change them to breakers all you need to do is:

On the board turn of the main switch.

one at a time take out the fuse's (they just pull) make a note of which hole they came out from, have a look on them and see what AMP they are(they will MOSTLY be 15 or 20 probably).

Then take your list of AMP's down to your nearest hard-ware store and get some breakers with same AMP rating

when you get home plug the correct AMP breakers into the hole's where you took the fuse's from.

Turn the main switch back on, an bobs your uncle.

Sorry it's such a long answer, but i hope i helped.

Answer 2

  Anything that uses  electrical power to heat such as microwaves, coffee makers,oven, range, hair dryers, water heaters..etc. consumes alot of current. Kitchens must have a minimum of 3 dedicated 20 amp circuits by NEC (national electric code) regulations.Not including a 50 amp 220 volt circuit if a electric range is installed. Gas is much more efficient for heating, cooking. And if you have fuses as opposed to circuit breakers, I would be nervous about plugging anything in. Fuse boxes have not been used in homes since pre 1950's. Before grounded systems and copper wire with thermal plastic coating. You probally have copper clad wire with asbestos fiber cloth type insulation.

Answer 3

fuses don't trip, they blow.  if you have a fuse box, your entire system is antiquated.  update that.  if you are talking about circuit breakers, you are overloading it.  if the wiring itself is not the problem, then you probably are plugging it int the same circuit as your refridgerator or microwave. try using a dedicated circuit

Answer 4

You could be over loading the circuit, try and plug the cooker into another plug to see if it will work ,if it's tripping the breaker you have to much hooked to the plug for the size of breaker that your useing you might have to put a bigger breaker in to replace the one that your have now.