If you’re experiencing an electricity outage in your Hereford home this may be indicative of a hidden issue which is causing issues with your power. The most common causes of a power outage are tripping switches in the fusebox, faulty wiring, overload in demand or it can simply be an issue with the grid such as an overload or severe weather. Lightening, blustering wind and extremely heavy rain can all have an effect on your electricity supply.
How can I check why my power is out?
First things first, it’s best to check for a tripped fuse. You can do this by going to your fuse board (or consumer unit) and checking to see if any of the fuses on your board have changed to ‘off’. If it has, the switch will be pointing downwards and you should see ‘off’ written on it. To get this back up and running again, you will need to flip the switch upwards. This should then turn it on again, you will see the switch will now say ‘on’ again.
If after doing this, the electricity is gone and the fuse is tripping again this could be a sign that the circuit is overloaded with too much power being drawn. Having multiple appliances like your dishwasher, kettle and airfryer all going at once may be requesting too much power at one time from the system. To find out if a particular appliance is causing the overload, unplug everything and reset the fuse - after, one by one, plug appliances back in. If you find the power goes out again when plugging in a particular appliance then you’ve most likely found the culprit that's over stressing the system!
Whilst an isolated occurrence of a fuse tripping due to overwhelm isn’t an instant electrical emergency, you should absolutely contact your local and trusted electrician in Hereford if this is a repeated issue as this could be an electrical fault that needs to be investigated by a professional.
Another common but more concerning cause could be a short circuit. ElectricsFixes were recently called to a customer's home on Newtown Road in Hereford as she was experiencing frequent power outages. What we found was very dangerous and could have been much worse if the customer had ignored this. We discovered worn out wiring which resulted in exposed live wires, meaning they end up touching another exposed wire, causing a short circuit. A short circuit is when power flows through a path it’s not intended to and in turn creates too much current and a huge surge of electricity that then trips the breaker immediately. If you think you’ve experienced a short circuit, it’s absolutely necessary to contact an electrician immediately as the results can be so dangerous, ranging from fire to shock.
To discuss and investigate any potential concerns you have with your electrics, it’s worth booking in a fault finding service with a qualified electrician in Hereford who can diagnose and remedy any issues they uncover.
Fault Finding in Hereford
Electrics aren’t something to take lightly or play around with your self, just because an issue isn’t visible to the untrained eye doesn’t mean it’s not a potentially dangerous problem. The electrics in your home can be unpredictable and hard to self-diagnose. Here at Electrics Fixed we offer in-depth fault finding services using high quality, professional grade tools to diagnose issues. During fault finding we inspect wiring, test appliances and conduct remedial work to correct any issues we find.
The remedial work could range from a fuseboard upgrade to include modern RCD protection or installing a new circuit or extra sockets.
The whole process is very in depth and thorough from start to finish.
Contact ElectricsFixed today to discuss our Fault Finding services.
