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Electrical Water Pump Fuse Keeps Blowing....
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<blockquote data-quote="Matthew O&#039;Brien" data-source="post: 402580" data-attributes="member: 26814"><p>Hi everyone, hopefully someone will be able to help. I have a fuse which keeps blowing. My flat is electric only. Within a storage cupboard in my hallway, I have the water tank, boiler, pump, the pump is wired to a fuse socket on the wall, which up until now has housed a 5 amp fuse. My fuse box (Wylex) states that total power is not to exceed 100 amps. It sometimes takes 1 or 2 hours to blow or sometimes 1 or 2 weeks, which would suggest it could be a load on the circuit issue (if i'm making an educated guess?). I must also mention that we once put a 13 amp fuse in place of a blown one which never actually blew, however my other half was adamant she could smell burning. We also often hear a feint buzzing sound before the pump kicks in to action. </p><p></p><p>With no gas, we use electric wall heaters (got rid of the old storage ones!). IF we were to have everything on, including the heaters at full blast, we would be using around 4000 watts at any one time.</p><p></p><p>Can someone please guide me to the reason why the damn fuse keeps blowing. Is the fuse i'm using too low (the water pump has a label on which states 5 amp and a 5 amp was being used when we moved in). Other than moving out, what are my options to fix this?</p><p></p><p>Happy to supply pictures if it would help. </p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance,</p><p></p><p>Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matthew O'Brien, post: 402580, member: 26814"] Hi everyone, hopefully someone will be able to help. I have a fuse which keeps blowing. My flat is electric only. Within a storage cupboard in my hallway, I have the water tank, boiler, pump, the pump is wired to a fuse socket on the wall, which up until now has housed a 5 amp fuse. My fuse box (Wylex) states that total power is not to exceed 100 amps. It sometimes takes 1 or 2 hours to blow or sometimes 1 or 2 weeks, which would suggest it could be a load on the circuit issue (if i'm making an educated guess?). I must also mention that we once put a 13 amp fuse in place of a blown one which never actually blew, however my other half was adamant she could smell burning. We also often hear a feint buzzing sound before the pump kicks in to action. With no gas, we use electric wall heaters (got rid of the old storage ones!). IF we were to have everything on, including the heaters at full blast, we would be using around 4000 watts at any one time. Can someone please guide me to the reason why the damn fuse keeps blowing. Is the fuse i'm using too low (the water pump has a label on which states 5 amp and a 5 amp was being used when we moved in). Other than moving out, what are my options to fix this? Happy to supply pictures if it would help. Thanks in advance, Matt [/QUOTE]
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