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Electrical question, I'm not competent in this area so please forgive for stupidity and lack of correct terminology.
My garage/workshop is hooked up to RCD consumer unit in the house, but via this arrangement here. From what I gather, they are fuse boxes. Not sure if the one on the left is doing anything, but the one on the right has 3 switches. One controls lights, one for a set of plugs on one side of the garage, and the other for another set of plugs on the other side.
I got a little carried away with my table saw last night and must have consumed too much power for it as it switched off mid cut. The lights and plugs on one side are still working, but the plugs on the side with most of my power tools are not.
I'm guessing if I open up the box on the right I'll find 3 fuses, of which maybe I can replace the broken one?
As cool and retro as they are, wouldn't mind getting rid of them. What function do they serve now that there is a modern consumer unit in the house that this feeds in to. Could I get them removed for example? Or replace with some kind of master switch instead?
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