Recent content by watchdog50

Oh, I thought I'd posted the result. Obviously I'm as good with computers as I am with electrics i.e Not very. Anyway, I decided to go back to basics and disconnected all the wires from the junction box whereupon I found a rather suspect scorch mark under the neutral connections (hence the...

OK. This is all very strange. I've now lifted the floorboards upstairs and found the junction box into which this socket (along with one other) goes. Again the connections are absolutely fine, as is the other socket. Therefore, logic suggests that the fault must lie in the length of cable...

Yeah, even though I'd checked it and it appeared to be OK, the face plate was the only variable. As such, I did pop out to Focus this morning and bought a new one. Alas, the problem persists. The only thing I can think of is that there's a problem with the connection at the junction box or...

Hi there. I'm hoping that someone out there will be able to advise me. Last night I plugged the vacuum cleaner into a double wall socket. A lamp was plugged into the other half. As soon as I switched the vacuum cleaner on, the lamp went out (the vacuum cleaner wouldn't work either)...