Hi,
last weekend my OH plugged in a faulty extension lead for the Christmas lights, this instantly tripped the MCB and when checking the lead I found it was shorted L-N by something dislodged inside. Anyway the lead was thrown away and the MCB reset.
This put power back to all the downstairs sockets in both the dining room and the kitchen however the 2 sockets in the lounge did not have power to them. I went back to the CU and turned off the main RCD then flicked the MCB off and on a few times to see then reset the RCD - still no power?
Today I've had a bit more time to spend looking at it, it's an old house but the wiring was only done about 15 years ago. Using a multimeter I can see there is power coming through the MCB (which I knew because the rest of the sockets were working) but there is no power at either of the 2 sockets in the lounge?
I looked to see if I can find a fused spur that these may be fed from but there is nothing obvious? So now I'm at a loss? The wiring in both sockets are sound with nothing loose, the MCB and RCD have not tripped?
Any ideas on what I should check next?
Any help is appreciated.
last weekend my OH plugged in a faulty extension lead for the Christmas lights, this instantly tripped the MCB and when checking the lead I found it was shorted L-N by something dislodged inside. Anyway the lead was thrown away and the MCB reset.
This put power back to all the downstairs sockets in both the dining room and the kitchen however the 2 sockets in the lounge did not have power to them. I went back to the CU and turned off the main RCD then flicked the MCB off and on a few times to see then reset the RCD - still no power?
Today I've had a bit more time to spend looking at it, it's an old house but the wiring was only done about 15 years ago. Using a multimeter I can see there is power coming through the MCB (which I knew because the rest of the sockets were working) but there is no power at either of the 2 sockets in the lounge?
I looked to see if I can find a fused spur that these may be fed from but there is nothing obvious? So now I'm at a loss? The wiring in both sockets are sound with nothing loose, the MCB and RCD have not tripped?
Any ideas on what I should check next?
Any help is appreciated.