If you're asking “do I need a new consumer unit?”, the short answer is yes if you still have a rewireable fuse box, there's no RCD protection on sockets/lighting, you see heat damage or smell burning, breakers trip repeatedly, your EICR shows C1/C2, or you're adding new circuits (EV.
This guidance, produced by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), is for the use of fire and rescue services across the UK. It is intended to be informative, and to support the safety of community and operational personnel.
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When a fuse blows are a breaker trips It may be from a temporary problem so you can try changing the fuse (or fuse wire) or reset the breaker. If it then blows/trips again you still have a fault.