We've recently had new tenants move into our house in Auckland, and they just purchased a fridge off of Trade Me that keeps tripping the fuse to the kitchen - a friend of mine (with an electrical background) popped in to check out what's going on, and has said that the fridge is an older model, so will have earthing problems, and that a new fuse would need to be installed that can cope with this fridge. We renovated the house four years ago, putting in new wiring, a new fusebox etc, and have never had an issue until now. We're looking at getting an electrician in to double check and provide a quote, but we want to know:
a) is putting a new fuse in to cope with an old appliance what should be done, or should they find another fridge/way around the problem?
b) who should pay for it if so?
We want to be good landlords here but don't want to make changes to the house that aren't necessary, so hopefully someone can answer this question, and apologies if I've got the wrong forum!
a) is putting a new fuse in to cope with an old appliance what should be done, or should they find another fridge/way around the problem?
b) who should pay for it if so?
We want to be good landlords here but don't want to make changes to the house that aren't necessary, so hopefully someone can answer this question, and apologies if I've got the wrong forum!
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