Horsee Clutched November 13, 2008 Share November 13, 2008 Hi, Anyone face the problem of having your home circuit breaker trip, during heavy rain with loud thunder.. Mine is quite frequent and need one to recommend electrican to t/s. Thanks ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball0088 5th Gear November 14, 2008 Share November 14, 2008 Where you staying har? HDB or Condo? HDB - Refer to your notice board at the lift lobby COndo - Refer to yellow pages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Supercharged November 14, 2008 Share November 14, 2008 Yours is landed property with your own lightning rod? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny_planet Neutral Newbie November 14, 2008 Share November 14, 2008 I face this issue not at home but at workplace. During such heavy rain with lightning, my factory's security barrier and turnstile will kaput. I seek advise from our appointed LEW but as a PE, he also said there is no gurantee that watever equipment for protection available can solve such problem totally. No one can predict the magnitute of the next lightning. Eventually, with his recommendation, we put in lightning surge arrestor at the DB to protect important equipment in the guard room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroomtattat 2nd Gear November 14, 2008 Share November 14, 2008 (edited) Hi brudder Horsee, I am having the same problem as you. My circuit breaker will trip when there is thunderstorm. Everytime have to clear out the fridge and fill up with fresh diary products like milk, cheese, butter. My wife scared these products have turned bad Edited November 14, 2008 by Vroomtattat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsee Clutched November 14, 2008 Author Share November 14, 2008 Hi, Me staying in HDB at Admiralty area. Has called power grid, which directed me to town council. TC send electrician down today, say he tightened my wiring outside, and insist i change the ELCB at $65. Think this is the market price?? I rejected it, cos he cannot gurantee me that this will fix the problem. Will monitor again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball0088 5th Gear November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 Sorry, can't help. What is ELCB? Maybe can help you to check how much is one. Anyway, see how it goes first before committing to the change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route88 2nd Gear November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 EL is Earth Leakage, CB.....you guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman 1st Gear November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 Check with ur neighbours first...mayb they faced the same problems with u, then u can go bang the town council table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Clutched November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 Check with ur neighbours first...mayb they faced the same problems with u, then u can go bang the town council table. Ya lo...agree wif u...should check wif neighbour 1st... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathism Neutral Newbie November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 but seriously speaking..nowadays, the lightning and thunder are kinda scary.. somewhere last week..there was a thunderstorm..the lightning struck and the thunderboom, tripped my house's circuit breaker.. but here's wad made my fart go back up my ass.. ripples on the water in my cup..man..never before had i seen that happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitvip Supersonic November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 (edited) Hi,Me staying in HDB at Admiralty area. Has called power grid, which directed me to town council. TC send electrician down today, say he tightened my wiring outside, and insist i change the ELCB at $65. Think this is the market price?? I rejected it, cos he cannot gurantee me that this will fix the problem. Will monitor again. If ELCB not faulty, why change? More likely it could be due to poor or loosened connection at the connectors! Btw, I think t/s is not cheap! Edited November 17, 2008 by Fitvip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freestylers09 5th Gear November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 tighten the earth wire...sometimes i do this in workplace, not bad can so call settle it... if not change a higher mA one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsee Clutched November 17, 2008 Author Share November 17, 2008 My neighbours dun have this problem, but quick check with Town council, neighbouring block have. Latest update, TC will send electrician on-site for some measurement ( 1 to 2 wks)but readings must be taken during fine weater. They will e-mail to HDB branch for advise, if reading ok.. Its an waiting game, at least TC is taking action and follow-up. Replacing the circuit breaker will be my last resort.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman 1st Gear November 17, 2008 Share November 17, 2008 actually 65 bucks is not a very high price to pay (as mentioned by someone), if it CAN solve the problem... I dun think frequent trippings are good for ur appliances for long run. Anyway good luck. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaoxing 1st Gear December 2, 2008 Share December 2, 2008 sian.... in the past two hours the circuit breaker for my flat tripped 4 times.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahwhye 5th Gear December 2, 2008 Share December 2, 2008 why? ur place got big thunders meh? else it is clearly due to some leakage, could be some exposed copper + humidity or is there some power sockets near window/service balcony etc....or perhap just electric kettle's wet plug.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaoxing 1st Gear December 2, 2008 Share December 2, 2008 During the storm in the evening lor.... so much lightning and thunder that I expected the circuit to trip... :( never did I expect it to trip so many times after I turned it back on. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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