Fuse Boxes Explained | Electrical Safety First

FuseboxesA fusebox, also sometimes known as a consumer unit, should be easy to find and is where the electricity in your home is controlled and distributed. Find an electrician We recommend that you use an electrician registered with one of the government-approved schemes Find an electrician It’s important that you know where your fusebox is in case you ever need to turn the electricity off in an emergency. It contains three things – the main switch, fuses and/or circuit breakers, and Residual Current Devices.A) MainSwitch– this allows you to turn off the electricity supply to your home. You might have more than one mains switch, for example if your home has electric storage heaters. In this case you may have a separate fusebox.B) Residual Current Devices (RCD)these are switches that trip a circuit under dangerous conditions, and instantly disconnect the electricity.For more on RCDs please click here.C) Circuit Breakers –these are automatic protection devices in the fusebox that switch...