Hi,
My stair lights (4 way switched circuit) and attic lights have stopped working. When they first failed they were flicking for a while and then just stopped. I’ve had an electrician out twice to fault find. First time they started working again just before he arrived, and second time the electrician took one look at it and said he didn’t have the right tools (still sent an invoice – unpaid).
I’ve not rewired anything on the circuit but may have loosened some faceplates for painting. Testing the circuit shows I’ve got 240v between live and earth but nothing between live and neutral. My understanding is that this points to some kind of broken neutral in the circuit. Is this a correct assumption?
By switching the circuit off at the consumer unit I can identify that all the upstairs lights are fed from that breaker. My problem is that I don’t know the layout of the circuit to identify the order in which the lights are run. The house predates electricity so the wiring has been retrofitted in what may be along a non contiguous route. Is there a method to identify the order in which the circuit is provided?
Any ideas would be most appreciated.
My stair lights (4 way switched circuit) and attic lights have stopped working. When they first failed they were flicking for a while and then just stopped. I’ve had an electrician out twice to fault find. First time they started working again just before he arrived, and second time the electrician took one look at it and said he didn’t have the right tools (still sent an invoice – unpaid).
I’ve not rewired anything on the circuit but may have loosened some faceplates for painting. Testing the circuit shows I’ve got 240v between live and earth but nothing between live and neutral. My understanding is that this points to some kind of broken neutral in the circuit. Is this a correct assumption?
By switching the circuit off at the consumer unit I can identify that all the upstairs lights are fed from that breaker. My problem is that I don’t know the layout of the circuit to identify the order in which the lights are run. The house predates electricity so the wiring has been retrofitted in what may be along a non contiguous route. Is there a method to identify the order in which the circuit is provided?
Any ideas would be most appreciated.