Before I call an electrician I was hoping someone more knowledgeable than me might be able to solve a lighting problem.
Our downstairs lighting circuit tripped the other day and when I flicked it back on, one of the overhead pendant lights had stopped working. I replaced the bulb, and then tried 2 more, but it's now stopped working completely. The light is on a dimmer switch and has worked fine since I fitted the pendant lights a couple of years ago. Might the switch just have 'gone' somehow?
In a possibly completely unrelated note, a table lamp, plugged into a power socket, so on a different circuit, has also been playing up. The bulb popped a few days before the pendant light went. And now the new bulb has gone too, and the light has stopped working completely. I don’t know if this coincided with the downstairs lights tripping, but it’s possible.
Could the 2 things be related?
The only other info that might feasibly be linked to the above, is that I replaced two transformers for the kitchen down lighters last weekend that had stopped working (and hadn’t worked for ages – it’s a job I hadn’t got around to). I just made a straight swap for the non-working transformers, and the two lights are now working fine. The kitchen lights are on the same circuit as the one that tripped. Might the additional load of 2 extra 50w downlighter bulbs have upset things on the circuit? Seems unlikely but i thought i'd mention.
The electrics in the house are up-to-date and we haven’t had any problems before this.
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Many thanks!
Our downstairs lighting circuit tripped the other day and when I flicked it back on, one of the overhead pendant lights had stopped working. I replaced the bulb, and then tried 2 more, but it's now stopped working completely. The light is on a dimmer switch and has worked fine since I fitted the pendant lights a couple of years ago. Might the switch just have 'gone' somehow?
In a possibly completely unrelated note, a table lamp, plugged into a power socket, so on a different circuit, has also been playing up. The bulb popped a few days before the pendant light went. And now the new bulb has gone too, and the light has stopped working completely. I don’t know if this coincided with the downstairs lights tripping, but it’s possible.
Could the 2 things be related?
The only other info that might feasibly be linked to the above, is that I replaced two transformers for the kitchen down lighters last weekend that had stopped working (and hadn’t worked for ages – it’s a job I hadn’t got around to). I just made a straight swap for the non-working transformers, and the two lights are now working fine. The kitchen lights are on the same circuit as the one that tripped. Might the additional load of 2 extra 50w downlighter bulbs have upset things on the circuit? Seems unlikely but i thought i'd mention.
The electrics in the house are up-to-date and we haven’t had any problems before this.
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Many thanks!
