ajax_andy 0 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 (edited) On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Edited November 1, 2010 by ajax_andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4920 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Berfore you waste money on a sparky, have you checked the fuse behind the kitchen ring switch in the circuit box. Each switch in the main board box usually has a fat little fuse behind it and these can quite often blow. Usually about £1 from your local diy shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Should've titled this 'Shocking' tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Berfore you waste money on a sparky, have you checked the fuse behind the kitchen ring switch in the circuit box. Each switch in the main board box usually has a fat little fuse behind it and these can quite often blow. Usually about £1 from your local diy shop. I haven't but all the lights for downstairs are on the same curcuit breaker... wouldn't they all be off if it was a blown fuse? Sorry if thats a stupid question but I know nothing about electrics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4920 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Berfore you waste money on a sparky, have you checked the fuse behind the kitchen ring switch in the circuit box. Each switch in the main board box usually has a fat little fuse behind it and these can quite often blow. Usually about £1 from your local diy shop. I haven't but all the lights for downstairs are on the same curcuit breaker... wouldn't they all be off if it was a blown fuse? Sorry if thats a stupid question but I know nothing about electrics Dont know but I would give the fuses a go first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Berfore you waste money on a sparky, have you checked the fuse behind the kitchen ring switch in the circuit box. Each switch in the main board box usually has a fat little fuse behind it and these can quite often blow. Usually about £1 from your local diy shop. I haven't but all the lights for downstairs are on the same curcuit breaker... wouldn't they all be off if it was a blown fuse? Sorry if thats a stupid question but I know nothing about electrics Aye, all your downstairs lights will be on one ring. So if only that light isnt coming on then its either a dodgy bulb or fitting. Its normal when something goes "pop" to trip the fuse and that resetting brings other stuff on the same breaker back on. Have you put a new bulb in and a second just in case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17958 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Berfore you waste money on a sparky, have you checked the fuse behind the kitchen ring switch in the circuit box. Each switch in the main board box usually has a fat little fuse behind it and these can quite often blow. Usually about £1 from your local diy shop. I haven't but all the lights for downstairs are on the same curcuit breaker... wouldn't they all be off if it was a blown fuse? Sorry if thats a stupid question but I know nothing about electrics Aye, all your downstairs lights will be on one ring. So if only that light isnt coming on then its either a dodgy bulb or fitting. Its normal when something goes "pop" to trip the fuse and that resetting brings other stuff on the same breaker back on. Have you put a new bulb in and a second just in case? Is the correct answer...just to say you're very unlikely to have fuses and breakers in the same consumer's unit. As Andy stated everything comes back on bar the kitchen light/s, so its almost certainly a cirucit breaker board as a lamp blowing is nowhere near strong enough to take a fuse out but frequently takes out the more senstive circuit breakers. If it's not fixed by changing the bulb/lamp and you do a bit of investigating, make sure you turn the same breaker back off again as there may well be live cables in the fitting even though its not on. I could've nipped in and had a look yesterday for you but I did have Strongbow for breakfast before I went to the game...oh and I was up nearly all night at my brothers drinking too....maybe not such a good idea and I'm now back home "darn sarf" Any other questions, don't be shy about asking...PaddockLad, qualified 1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 34458 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Berfore you waste money on a sparky, have you checked the fuse behind the kitchen ring switch in the circuit box. Each switch in the main board box usually has a fat little fuse behind it and these can quite often blow. Usually about £1 from your local diy shop. I haven't but all the lights for downstairs are on the same curcuit breaker... wouldn't they all be off if it was a blown fuse? Sorry if thats a stupid question but I know nothing about electrics Aye, all your downstairs lights will be on one ring. So if only that light isnt coming on then its either a dodgy bulb or fitting. Its normal when something goes "pop" to trip the fuse and that resetting brings other stuff on the same breaker back on. Have you put a new bulb in and a second just in case? Is the correct answer...just to say you're very unlikely to have fuses and breakers in the same consumer's unit. As Andy stated everything comes back on bar the kitchen light/s, so its almost certainly a cirucit breaker board as a lamp blowing is nowhere near strong enough to take a fuse out but frequently takes out the more senstive circuit breakers. If it's not fixed by changing the bulb/lamp and you do a bit of investigating, make sure you turn the same breaker back off again as there may well be live cables in the fitting even though its not on. I could've nipped in and had a look yesterday for you but I did have Strongbow for breakfast before I went to the game...oh and I was up nearly all night at my brothers drinking too....maybe not such a good idea and I'm now back home "darn sarf" Any other questions, don't be shy about asking...PaddockLad, qualified 1990 What's chargrill black and hangs from the ceiling? Paddocklad (qualified 1990) changing the lightbulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17958 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 What's chargrill black and hangs from the ceiling? Paddocklad (qualified 1990) changing the lightbulb. What could you offer professional advice in then? drinking vodka like a Bigg Market slapper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 34458 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 What's chargrill black and hangs from the ceiling? Paddocklad (qualified 1990) changing the lightbulb. What could you offer professional advice in then? drinking vodka like a Bigg Market slapper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 On Saturday night the missus put the kitchen lights on and the whole house was plunged in to darkness... she flicked the switch on the circuit breaker back on and everything came back on fine... except the kitchen lights which are competely dead. Can anyone recommend a good and honest electrician? Berfore you waste money on a sparky, have you checked the fuse behind the kitchen ring switch in the circuit box. Each switch in the main board box usually has a fat little fuse behind it and these can quite often blow. Usually about £1 from your local diy shop. I haven't but all the lights for downstairs are on the same curcuit breaker... wouldn't they all be off if it was a blown fuse? Sorry if thats a stupid question but I know nothing about electrics Aye, all your downstairs lights will be on one ring. So if only that light isnt coming on then its either a dodgy bulb or fitting. Its normal when something goes "pop" to trip the fuse and that resetting brings other stuff on the same breaker back on. Have you put a new bulb in and a second just in case? Is the correct answer...just to say you're very unlikely to have fuses and breakers in the same consumer's unit. As Andy stated everything comes back on bar the kitchen light/s, so its almost certainly a cirucit breaker board as a lamp blowing is nowhere near strong enough to take a fuse out but frequently takes out the more senstive circuit breakers. If it's not fixed by changing the bulb/lamp and you do a bit of investigating, make sure you turn the same breaker back off again as there may well be live cables in the fitting even though its not on. I could've nipped in and had a look yesterday for you but I did have Strongbow for breakfast before I went to the game...oh and I was up nearly all night at my brothers drinking too....maybe not such a good idea and I'm now back home "darn sarf" Any other questions, don't be shy about asking...PaddockLad, qualified 1990 Yeah tried a new bulb... its 4 spot lights in the ceiling so just replaced a one bulb in case something had blown them all, but unfortunately it was still dead. So do you think it'll be a simple job for an electrician to come out and fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Does anyone know how long electrical work is guaranteed for? We only had the spot lights installed 2 and a half years ago... is electrical work guaranteed for a number of years? Just thinking maybe I could get the electrician who installed them to come back and fix it for free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Get a contractor to work for free? If its 4 lights in one fitting I'd imagine its just wired into the circuit as normal. Live in, switched and out. Does my head in every time I fit a new light fitting, sitting working out the several lives. Anyway, if all 4 are off and other lights on that floor are ol then it sounds like the fitting is dodgy. Not the wiring. If it is 4 individual spots and they are all off thats a bit more suspect. Especially if the rest of that floor is ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Get a contractor to work for free? If its 4 lights in one fitting I'd imagine its just wired into the circuit as normal. Live in, switched and out. Does my head in every time I fit a new light fitting, sitting working out the several lives. Anyway, if all 4 are off and other lights on that floor are ol then it sounds like the fitting is dodgy. Not the wiring. If it is 4 individual spots and they are all off thats a bit more suspect. Especially if the rest of that floor is ok? Yeah the 4 in the extended part of the kitchen work fine, as do the 2 on the cooker hood, but the 4 fitted in the kitchen are all off. Also the rest of downstairs is fine too. I think all 4 might possible be connected to a transformer... could that have blown or developed a fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Aye, if that set run through one transformer (Im no sparky, but I think maybe 240 to 12v?) then there could be a fault with the transformer Fairly new wiring is unlikely to be at fault. All four spots going at the same time is just as unlikely. There has to be a common thing between them thats gone wrong. So if they all go through one switch it could be that? or if as you say a transformer then that? you dont want to be messing with electrics if you dont know 100% what you are doing. but with a multimeter you could check what voltage you were getting back out of the transformer. Or at the switch which I think will be switching the live, if turned on you could check that you are getting 240v out of the other side when the switch is on. Like I say though, best get someone in to do that if you aint confident what you're doing there. 240v nips a bit Edited November 2, 2010 by JawD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Aye, if that set run through one transformer (Im no sparky, but I think maybe 240 to 12v?) then there could be a fault with the transformer Fairly new wiring is unlikely to be at fault. All four spots going at the same time is just as unlikely. There has to be a common thing between them thats gone wrong. So if they all go through one switch it could be that? or if as you say a transformer then that? you dont want to be messing with electrics if you dont know 100% what you are doing. but with a multimeter you could check what voltage you were getting back out of the transformer. Or at the switch which I think will be switching the live, if turned on you could check that you are getting 240v out of the other side when the switch is on. Like I say though, best get someone in to do that if you aint confident what you're doing there. 240v nips a bit haha yes I'm sure it does! I reckon I could locate the transformer and test it... Worth doing to avoid the cost of a sparky if that's all that's wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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