Why Your Power Keeps Tripping
Our expert Gordon's Bay electrical team diagnose and fix electrical power trips to restore your property's power in Gordon's Bay. Power trips at the DB board as a safety mechanism when the electrical system detects a fault. Common causes include overloaded circuits with too many appliances on one circuit, earth leakage from a damaged appliance or wiring, short circuits in plugs or light fittings, faulty circuit breakers that trip unnecessarily, water ingress into electrical systems, or a specific appliance with an internal fault. The tripping protects your home from electrical fires.
The Danger of Ignoring Tripping Power
If your power trips frequently, there is an underlying electrical fault that could cause a fire. Never simply reset the breaker repeatedly without finding the cause. Each time it trips, it is indicating a problem. Continued operation with faulty wiring or appliances can result in electrical fires, electrocution, or complete system failure.
Our Diagnostic Process
We systematically test each circuit to isolate the fault, use specialized equipment to detect earth leakages, check for overloaded circuits and redistribute loads if needed, test individual appliances to identify faulty items, inspect DB board components for damage or wear, and verify all wiring is to code. We find the exact cause before making repairs.
Permanent Solutions
Once identified, we repair or replace faulty wiring, upgrade circuits that are overloaded, replace damaged circuit breakers, repair or condemn faulty appliances, and ensure your DB board is properly earthed. We also advise on electrical safety and provide a Certificate of Compliance for all work completed. Load shedding can sometimes cause trip issues which we also address.