lighting problem-please help

[reprophil]

simple problem!!!!??????
my utility room light works.
all other lights downstairs do not.
I was removing the bulbs from my 2 x 3-spot lights in the kitchen when all the downstairs lights went out - except the utility room light- the box did not trip.
I checked the wiring and found one loose wire, put it back in and expected all to be well. But no, none of them work.??
I have tripped the box by connecting the live to the neutral, so i know there is power there. I have even wired a simple bulb up but even this does not work.
Am I missing something simple

 

[AnonymousImport]

difficult to say without checking the wiring system, but it could be that the utility room is the first light on the run, and you have a disconnected neutral somewhere after that.

 

[AnonymousImport]

that is true ( i concur) but it does not help the poster, to be honest with out seeing / testing it there is not much that can be done, call an electrician

 

[AnonymousImport]

woo hoo
i had the black cables mixed up
changed them round and all lights are now working
except the other spot in the kitchen
this is the one with the simple wiring-red, black, green/yelo
what can possibly be wrong with this one??

 

[AnonymousImport]

Had all the black cables mixed up?. Bit confused about that one. They (neutrals) should all be together except any switched live returning from a switch which will be live when turning the switch on. Usual story . Check bulb, check power. It may well be that in unmixing your black wires you have inadvertantly disconected a neutral return to the consumer unit from the kitchen spot.