Hi to you all. I'm hoping someone might be able to identify what could be causing a problem with my lights. This is what happened:
I have 3 ceiling lights in an L-shaped room. Nos. 1 & 2 operate from the same single switch, no. 3 is on a separate switch which has 3 switches, one for itself, one for the wall lights, and one to turn on/off nos. 1 & 2.
Switched on nos. 1 & 2 and immediately the bulb in no.1 blew. Didn't worry about it and left it. About 3 hours later both no. 2 and no.3 started to flicker badly and then both went off together (all other downstairs lights remained on without flickering), after a couple of minutes they came back on and a few minutes later went off completely.
Switched on downstairs cloakroom light and that started flickering so turned it off and then turned the circuit off overnight as a precaution.
All three bulbs had blown, so I replaced them all, turned supply back on, none would work. Next I checked wiring to both switches, all bulbholders and all 3 ceiling roses - all connections secure and no sign of burning or anything unusual except for a dead woodlouse in one
Then put new bulbs in all, switched on, but still those lights won't work. Wall lights work fine without flickering as do other lights on the same circuit.
There has been no wiring touched in the house recently, no new appliances, nothing. I have no intention of fiddling about other than to check connections, but would really like someone to shed some light on what could have suddenly caused this problem. I still have the circuit switched off as a precaution.
I have 3 ceiling lights in an L-shaped room. Nos. 1 & 2 operate from the same single switch, no. 3 is on a separate switch which has 3 switches, one for itself, one for the wall lights, and one to turn on/off nos. 1 & 2.
Switched on nos. 1 & 2 and immediately the bulb in no.1 blew. Didn't worry about it and left it. About 3 hours later both no. 2 and no.3 started to flicker badly and then both went off together (all other downstairs lights remained on without flickering), after a couple of minutes they came back on and a few minutes later went off completely.
Switched on downstairs cloakroom light and that started flickering so turned it off and then turned the circuit off overnight as a precaution.
All three bulbs had blown, so I replaced them all, turned supply back on, none would work. Next I checked wiring to both switches, all bulbholders and all 3 ceiling roses - all connections secure and no sign of burning or anything unusual except for a dead woodlouse in one
Then put new bulbs in all, switched on, but still those lights won't work. Wall lights work fine without flickering as do other lights on the same circuit.
There has been no wiring touched in the house recently, no new appliances, nothing. I have no intention of fiddling about other than to check connections, but would really like someone to shed some light on what could have suddenly caused this problem. I still have the circuit switched off as a precaution.