Did you stay in darkness hit by a short circuit? Do not worry, here’s how to find the fault and repair it for you again ‘light is made’.

When there is a short circuit current is suspended, so that the cables do not burn and not a fire hazard.

Home ImprovementWhy Produces Short?

Often connect high voltage equipment outlets smaller capacity, or multiple computers plugged into one, which affects overloads, producing the familiar and famous short.

Short usually between the outlet and the appliance. Cables can be making contact because they were released from the terminal or because the insulation is broken. The current flows through the less resistant path, and when excessive, the plugs are fired, that is, the current is stopped in order that the cables do not burn and no fire.

Short steps to find and repair

1. First things first, we must find short: we will disconnect all electrical system and we will find that nothing has power of nowhere. Once checked this, the next step is to locate the area where the problem occurred.

The current installation systems greatly facilitate the location of damage, because they isolate the faulty circuit and limit the possible damage. In this case, it should disconnect all devices and points of light that feed on it, and keep trying one after another until you find one that causes the failure.

2. If fuses, check to each of them. If the box contains thermal keys or circuit breaker, you can check which jumped. If fuses are cartridge, we verify one on one with a multimeter, or just with a battery and a bulb.

3. If you still do not find the fault, we will check the lighting circuit. To do this, disconnect the switch and examine main cables hanging lamps, as they often broken by the movement after a while. We check the switch, perhaps a driver is released.

4. If any work performed walls may occur that is damaged drivers who are inside pipes sausages. If a cable is damaged, we will replace it completely.

5. Another task to repair a shorted will check each of the devices, as they may have a faulty cable, a blown or loose threads on the plug fuse.

6. If there is anything that may have generated the fault, we will replace the thermal fuse or key, and then connect the devices one by one, if any defective will jump or thermal fuse again.

Finally, if as we could find and repair the short, replace the fuse, activate the thermal keys or circuit breaker. If jump again, the solution will a specialist.