Bottom left breaker. Pull it down. That’ll turn off everything.
Press the test button that should trip the master, which I think is the blue in your case
Bottom left is the main switch.
It’s the bottom on left, last one
Possibly the small blue one up top, but I don’t think so. There’s no obvious master switch here – but there might be one between this box and the meter itself.
Bottom left is your mains switch fuse. Pull it down and twist out the fuse for peace of mind.
Bear in mind iiiif you’re planning on removing the cover of the board, the base of the switch fuse will still be live.
If you don’t know and it doesn’t occur to you to turn them all off, please don’t mess with sort of electrics in your house.
Bottom left is the main switch with a fuse in it. Pull it down and take out the fuse. To be really safe pull them all down and check any wire for power before touching it.
Do yourself a massive favour – take the time now to figure out what each breaker is connected to – which lights or sockets or appliance it feeds and then write it down and stick it next to the board. You will thank yourself later.
The amount of people giving advice on here that haven’t a clue what they are talking about is staggering. Seriously if you aren’t an Electrician (I am) then don’t be giving advice on Electricity.
If I’m doubt get an electrician, or throw all the switches.
I would look for a 100 or 200A breaker. 30 or 40 are power outlets 5 or 6 A lights, 45 or 40 cooker or electric shower.
You should get them labelled. That being said. NEVER throw a breaker and assume everything is safe. Always try an appliance on the ‘safe’ circuit. I have seen an instance where a power socket was on a spur from a different breaker to the others in the same room.
Whichever cowboy gobshite installed this forgot to label the switches. Aside from turning off everything (bottom-left, largest switch) this really should be labelled by an electrician so you know which fuse controls the circuits in your home.
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If in doubt put them all down.
Bottom left breaker. Pull it down. That’ll turn off everything.
Press the test button that should trip the master, which I think is the blue in your case
Bottom left is the main switch.
It’s the bottom on left, last one
Possibly the small blue one up top, but I don’t think so. There’s no obvious master switch here – but there might be one between this box and the meter itself.
Bottom left is your mains switch fuse. Pull it down and twist out the fuse for peace of mind.
Bear in mind iiiif you’re planning on removing the cover of the board, the base of the switch fuse will still be live.
If you don’t know and it doesn’t occur to you to turn them all off, please don’t mess with sort of electrics in your house.
Bottom left is the main switch with a fuse in it. Pull it down and take out the fuse. To be really safe pull them all down and check any wire for power before touching it.
Do yourself a massive favour – take the time now to figure out what each breaker is connected to – which lights or sockets or appliance it feeds and then write it down and stick it next to the board. You will thank yourself later.
The amount of people giving advice on here that haven’t a clue what they are talking about is staggering. Seriously if you aren’t an Electrician (I am) then don’t be giving advice on Electricity.
If I’m doubt get an electrician, or throw all the switches.
I would look for a 100 or 200A breaker. 30 or 40 are power outlets 5 or 6 A lights, 45 or 40 cooker or electric shower.
You should get them labelled. That being said. NEVER throw a breaker and assume everything is safe. Always try an appliance on the ‘safe’ circuit. I have seen an instance where a power socket was on a spur from a different breaker to the others in the same room.
Whichever cowboy gobshite installed this forgot to label the switches. Aside from turning off everything (bottom-left, largest switch) this really should be labelled by an electrician so you know which fuse controls the circuits in your home.
Example https://i.imgur.com/wA2JrUw.jpg
Top left
Blue