What causes it to trip or blow a fuse.
Trip switch on fuse box won t stay up.
The fix is to reset the breaker lever to the on position or replace the blown fuse.
In the case of circuit breakers the immediate answer is to find the breaker that has tripped and reset the lever to the on position.
A fuse switch that keeps tripping is usually caused by a faulty electrical item or an overloaded circuit.
You and the people upstairs will need to work to isolate the problem.
Once reset plug your appliances back in one at a time and switch them back on.
Doing this on tablet with no lights not going well.
If it won t stay on in that circumstance it is certainly bad.
Unplug all of your appliances and try resetting the fuse switch.
Check each appliance for overheating when you unplug it.
The trip switch is down but when i flick it back up it won t stay up and seems to spark.
First turn off all the individual breakers one by one then turn the whole house breaker off then turn the tripping breaker on.
First disconnect or turn off everything on the circuit then turn on.
If it stays on plug the appliances back in one by one until it trips again and service or discard the appliance that makes it trip.
If you have attempted to reset your fuse switch but it keeps tripping it s likely there s a problem with one of your appliances or sockets.
Most likely there is an overload or a short circuit.
How does a fuse work.
Leave that appliance unplugged and have it repaired by a qualified electrician.
Why won t the trip switch reset.
Here we ll talk you through how to work out why your electric keeps tripping and how to repair a tripped fuse.
Unplug all appliances on that problem circuit and switch off any immersion heaters if you have one.
All the downstairs lights have gone off but everything else still working.