60 amp main fuse

ukracer · 2025-12-27T19:03:31+0000

I dont suppose anyone on here localish to Birmingham has a spare 60LR85 main fuse i could come and grab and pay for or replace ASAP.

Robotstar5 · 2025-12-27T19:10:19+0000

What did you do to take out the service fuse?

brightspark · 2025-12-27T19:11:18+0000

strap 2 pieces of 30 amp fusewire to one or solder them on to get you away till monday and wholesalers open. i have some but nowhere near you

BrokenBiker · 2025-12-27T19:18:43+0000

Robotstar5 said:
What did you do to take out the service fuse?

Been a very naughty boy :scared:

ukracer · 2025-12-27T19:25:41+0000

BrokenBiker said:
Been a very naughty boy

Actually very stupid mistake. Trying to please averyone as usual... Will update later but just stopped to check replies.

ukracer · 2025-12-27T19:26:13+0000

brightspark said:
strap 2 pieces of 30 amp fusewire to one or solder them on to get you away till monday and wholesalers open. i have some but nowhere near you

I have a drone... Lol

BrokenBiker · 2025-12-27T19:29:20+0000

ukracer said:
Actually very stupid mistake. Trying to please averyone as usual... Will update later but just stopped to check replies.

At least it's not the same reason my neighbours fuse got 'lost' after 4 days of drum and bass til 5am...surprising how annoyed someone can get after waking up at 4pm to find they haven't had power since 7am and aren't likely to get it back any time soon

harveyp6 · 2025-12-27T19:47:04+0000

BrokenBiker said:
At least it's not the same reason my neighbours fuse got 'lost' after 4 days of drum and bass til 5am...surprising how annoyed someone can get after waking up at 4pm to find they haven't had power since 7am and aren't likely to get it back any time soon

I used to stay over with a girl who lived in an HMO. Another girl used to live upstairs. She would come home p*ssed at about midnight, turn her stereo on full blast and then go to sleep. Somehow her power always used to get turned off......

brightspark · 2025-12-27T20:01:55+0000

harveyp6 said:
I used to stay over with a girl who lived in an HMO. Another girl used to live upstairs. She would come home p*ssed at about midnight, turn her stereo on full blast and then go to sleep. Somehow her power always used to get turned off......

a lass i knew was getting fed up of telling her upstairs neighbor to turn down the music at night to no avail. the leccy supply meters were next to her flat in a cupboard

i showed her which was the isolator to the flat above, he was regularly getting 15 minute power cuts for a few weeks :laughing:

and never worked it out ,the leccy board couldnt see anything wrong niether

ukracer · 2025-12-27T20:26:58+0000

BrokenBiker said:
Been a very naughty boy

Rather a very stupid old bloke. I purchased a brand new pair of VDE long nose pliers so i could put a live and a Neutral into wagos. (2 wagos i was not that stupid)

I unscrewed the live with a VDE screwdriver and using the long nose pliers i had the wago in another pair of pliers ready to put the live into it.
BUT and its why I have never worked on a live socket before i accidently touched the earth and the insulation on the live must have been compromised. It tripped the 30amp trip BUT it also took out the main fuse..

Robotstar5 · 2025-12-27T20:35:36+0000

ukracer said:
Rather a very stupid old bloke. I purchased a brand new pair of VDE long nose pliers so i could put a live and a Neutral into wagos. (2 wagos i was not that stupid)

I unscrewed the live with a VDE screwdriver and using the long nose pliers i had the wago in another pair of pliers ready to put the live into it.
BUT and its why I have never worked on a live socket before i accidently touched the earth and the insulation on the live must have been compromised. It tripped the 30amp trip BUT it also took out the main fuse..

Brown trousers moment then, and you ruined the new pair of pliers

You can get 3 line "wagos" now - link

DanZac · 2025-12-27T21:00:35+0000

ukracer said:
Rather a very stupid old bloke. I purchased a brand new pair of VDE long nose pliers so i could put a live and a Neutral into wagos. (2 wagos i was not that stupid)

I unscrewed the live with a VDE screwdriver and using the long nose pliers i had the wago in another pair of pliers ready to put the live into it.
BUT and its why I have never worked on a live socket before i accidently touched the earth and the insulation on the live must have been compromised. It tripped the 30amp trip BUT it also took out the main fuse..

OK, I'm nosey enough to ask. Why were you doing this?

It sounds like whatever you were working on was after the consumer unit, so I cant see any reason to be working on something that's live, or am I missing something?

brightspark · 2025-12-27T21:17:07+0000

DanZac said:
OK, I'm nosey enough to ask. Why were you doing this?

It sounds like whatever you were working on was after the consumer unit, so I cant see any reason to be working on something that's live, or am I missing something?

couldnt be arsed to go turn it off

i regularly replace sockets and switches working live . by the time the punter shows where the db is and empty the cupboard to get to it the jobs done :laughing:

Robotstar5 · 2025-12-27T21:18:56+0000

DanZac said:
OK, I'm nosey enough to ask. Why were you doing this?

It sounds like whatever you were working on was after the consumer unit, so I cant see any reason to be working on something that's live, or am I missing something?

Whenever I was working on control panels I would isolate them, I sometimes got the comment "why do you do that?, others don't" my stock reply was "I'm an old electrician and I plan to get older"

brightspark · 2025-12-27T21:21:25+0000

Robotstar5 said:
Whenever I was working on control panels I would isolate them, I sometimes got the comment "why do you do that?, others don't" my stock reply was "I'm an old electrician and I plan to get older"

im 71 and still here and working :laughing:

did a live connect today fitting henley blocks and cutting some mains tails to an extra db

MetalMonkey · 2025-12-27T21:31:04+0000

Think you would be hard pressed to find somebody who hasn't worked live at some point even if nobody would admit it, but there is seldom good reason for it. When it's your life on the line for the benefit of not inconveniencing somebody else, you also really have to question why you are doing it.

brightspark · 2025-12-27T21:36:09+0000

MetalMonkey said:
Think you would be hard pressed to find somebody who hasn't worked live at some point even if nobody would admit it, but there is seldom good reason for it. When it's your life on the line for the benefit of not inconveniencing somebody else, you also really have to question why you are doing it.

dont do it to save a punter money. i get paid for an hour even if im there ten minutes and quite often you need the power on to test the wiring to see where the fault is . no diffrent to doing live cable jointing

Bornfree · 2025-12-27T21:43:25+0000

MetalMonkey said:
Think you would be hard pressed to find somebody who hasn't worked live at some point even if nobody would admit it, but there is seldom good reason for it. When it's your life on the line for the benefit of not inconveniencing somebody else, you also really have to question why you are doing it.

Having worked in a poultry processing factory, electrical panel door interlocks were disconnected on the first day of production.

Erie Fred · 2025-12-27T22:06:38+0000

I think qty (1) Mick Jagger has a few......wait....they are only 50 amp fuses.... :scared:

Kayos · 2025-12-27T22:13:51+0000

During a career break I trained as a smart meter installer. I did approximately 2000 installs

Never blew a main fuse but gave emotional and physical support to a few who did, usually a Henley block issue

They make quite the pop I am told...

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