help with blown circuit

[katypoo]

hi
i live in a new build house with the usual lighting circuit plus what i call a "lamp circuit" which takes the small 3 pin plugs and allows lamps in a room to be switched on/off by a switch on entry to the room. All has been well for the 7 years we have lived here.

After a weekend away with the house in the care of my 17 year old, i find all the lights on this circuit (in all 3 rooms in the house) are not working. No trip switches have been tripped.

Any advice for someone not afraid of a bit of DIY but not that technical?\

oh and also the newly installed LED downlights in the kitchen were flashing or not working too?

thanks

 

[katypoo]

sorry - trying to delete this but can't!

 

[Iggifer]

all sorted then?

 

[Chri5]

Part of your name may well be the answer.

Teenagers are w4nkers (I own two), beer spills, sick- I'd suggest you check each one and see if the little angels (hell type) have managed to spill something and then decide a half pint of lemon jiffy will clean it.

 

[katypoo]

all sorted then?

no - i meant to delete the second post, still having the problem.

 

[katypoo]

Part of your name may well be the answer.

Teenagers are w4nkers (I own two), beer spills, sick- I'd suggest you check each one and see if the little angels (hell type) have managed to spill something and then decide a half pint of lemon jiffy will clean it.

Spill something on what? the plugs are 2 foot up the wall or do you mean the lights?

sorry to be a bit dim.

 

[katypoo]

I tried unplugging all the lights and then reinstating one at a time and they all work now.

The uplighters in the kitchen are still flashing/not working but it seems unlikely the two are connected? would they be on the same circuit?

Also why did the 5v lamp circuit not trip the trip switch?

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

Presumably this special lighting circuit has its own wall switch - are you aware of this switch; do you use it to swich all the lamps together.

And - was it off?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Part of your name may well be the answer.

Katypoo?

Surely not even teenagers would do that onto a socket?

If her name was katypee you might have had a point...