Are you experiencing a short circuit in your home? This may be related to the electricity supply of your grow lights. Grow lights require a lot of power from a meter cupboard, which can cause fuses to trip for various reasons. It is often difficult to fix a short circuit yourself, although you can follow a number of steps. For example, it is important to locate the location of the short circuit. If it turns out to be necessary after locating the short circuit, you can have a certified electrician in your area fix the short circuit. This way you can be sure that a short circuit will be fixed for you in a correct manner.
Steps to locate a short circuit
To locate a short circuit, first disconnect the power from the group in question. Also ensure that all connected devices are disconnected from the socket, so that you can plug them back in one by one. Replace the blown fuse and switch the power for the group from the meter cupboard back on. If all goes well, nothing will happen now! Then switch the devices on one by one, to find out where the short circuit is located. When a fuse trips again when switching on a device, you know where the short circuit is located.
In this case, you have two options: replace the broken device with a new device, or have the short circuit repaired by an electrician in your area. It often depends on the age of a device whether replacing the device is still useful. You will eventually want to replace old grow lights, to keep up with the latest trends in this sector. In addition, old grow lights are often much less energy efficient than new models. This way, you can save on annual energy costs by replacing old grow lights.
Short circuit due to overload
Sometimes a short circuit occurs due to the overload of a specific group in your meter cupboard. In that case, you do not need to replace any devices, but the meter cupboard needs to be expanded with an extra group.