An electric switch board is a device that directs electricity from a source to several smaller regions of usage. This means your switch board is the first place where electricity enters the home, and is then distributed to all the sockets in each “region” of your home. Such as kitchen, sitting room, bedrooms etc.
An electric switch board is safer and more effective at stopping overcurrent than a fuse box. A fuse box is an ancient technology that is unreliable and ultimately lacks the safety of modern electric switch boards.
A fuse is supposed to “blow” when a certain amount of current is passed through it. This is how fuses detect overcurrent, by melting a thin strip of metal within the fuse, which stops the circuit and the overcurrent is redirected through the earth wire into the ground.
When a fuse is blown, it needs to be replaced. This can be inconvenient as tracking down the right fuse for your fuse box can be troublesome. That’s why an electric switch board is safer and more convenient than the typical fuse box installed in most Irish homes.
A Modern Electric switch board from Fuseboard.ie is easily hundreds of times safer than any of the older fuse board models installed in most Irish homes today.