Electric problems (lights hang on to blowing) u.k? We are worried that we have a problem with the electrics surrounded...
We are worried that we have a problem with the electrics surrounded by our house. The lights in three rooms in one keep blowing and in one covering the bulb exploded. When the lights blow it knocks the circuit breaker off and the bulbs are usually black.
Is at hand anything we can do to try and find out what the problem is and how much would it cost just to have an electritian come and transport a look?
Sounds close to cheap light bulbs.
Instead of using the cheap ones you buy at the corner shop. Go to the supermarket and get some activeness saving light bulbs. They are brilliant.
Cheap!
Last you nearly a year if you use a lot. If its less time after it lasts longer.
Depends on the bulb life rating and how long they last. You could be getting highly developed voltage than the bulbs are rated at or sometines a lose connection could incentive it. sometimes a faulty ground(neutral) connection but your lights would flicker when the connectiion is not making properly. Sometimes the little connector contained by the center of the bulb socket will be burned and need to change the socket ir turn the power rotten and clean the connector.
If all three burn out at like time, chances are you have a voltage problem. I would support that you get a qualified electrician in to sort this out. You enjoy an earth fault which requirements professional attention, in my opinion. It have nothing to do with cheap bulbs. The circuit breaker is purely doing what it is designed to do, which is to protect you. I would definitely advise that you don't nick risks where house electrics are concerned. What price is your safety?
The key word for this Question is the breaker get tripped. You could have one of your bulb sockets bad. Look into that. Check amperage near your volt meter you could have too many things connected on to that circuit. telephone call power company there supply may be be a bit to high but do it soon this will effect damage to other devices in your home...save corrected soon (IT COULD GET VERY COSTLY).
Check your voltage we had same problem within our area, at times we were getting 275 volts , commonplace voltage in UK should be 230 + 10 % - 6 % anything more will soon blow bulbs
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Answers: It sounds to me like you have a lead short circuiting, unless you know how to test the circuits yourself you will have to obtain someone in, search holler.com for an electrician in your area, phone several up and find a fitting but reasonable price one, or just ask friends if they know one see if they can go and get you a discount or something : )
sound like you are buy cheap import bulbs, It could be cheap bulbs, but I'm more inclined to think 'iffy wiring' or most of all, in attendance is some electrical device on the same supply, which is putting a high voltage 'spike' onto the D, usually happens when a large inductive device is turned on or rotten, typically, a large motor or a heavy transformer, close to an electric welder.
It does not necessarily have to be in your own home, it could be some distance away, and if so, a bit known phenomena called 'harmonics' can come into play. That's when the cable run between the subject (you) and the offending item (the item causing the spike) just transpire to be at a precise distance apart (cable length). It's all to do with standing side.
It would be a good idea to attain it checked by a qualified electrician, and if there is something going on, contact you electricity supplier who IS obliged to intervene and stop the perpetrator.
We had a slightly similar scenario some years ago with the electric welder surrounded by the mechanic's shop next door, and then then, we found our own workshop compressor did something similar, but to a lesser degree. When our compressor stopped, the lights would burn brighter for a second or two since returning to normal - it didn't burst any bulbs, but did burn them out in a shorter than majority time. The mechanic's welder actually caused arcing inside our fusebox. Once investigated by Yorkshire Electricity, the issue be resolved by the installation of a separate transformer substation (fancy name for a box on the electricity pole) to supply the workshop next door.