This is dangerous and could burn your house down.
Obviously someone was having trouble with a fuse repeatedly blowing so instead of putting in standard 16 amp fuse wire they used a doubled up strand of copper wire that is probably good for about 150 amps!
It may have stopped the fuse blowing, but could have caused much more serious problems.
The fuse is designed to be the weakest link in the circuit, at a known location. When a fuse blows it is an indication something is wrong.
If the problem is due to overloading, maybe from too many heaters on one circuit, the fuse wire will just quietly melt apart.
If the problem is caused by a short circuit fault the fuse will go off with a bang.
Either way, if you beef up the fuse wire so it can’t blow then another part of your wiring becomes the weakest link, but you won’t know which part.
If the fuse can’t blow then maybe the wiring in that dodgy old light fitting, or the loose connection in the wall cavity will overheat. Maybe get hot enough to start a fire.
Fuses blow for a reason and the reason needs to be discovered and the fault fixed.
If you are having fuse problems you can give us a call at the workshop on 6331 4711 for some helpful advice or arrange for one of our tradesmen to visit and fix the problem. This service is also available after hours, seven days a week.
Make sure you check our next blog post where we will discuss the safe way to deal with blown fuses.
