Problem replacing switch...

[londondiyer]

hello again!

the fuse box, has a 'protected circuits' switch as part of it, and that's not been flipped...

There isn't another socket on the same wall, the nearest socket is on an adjacent wall, and that's working fine, as is the one in the room above, as I'm guessing that it could have be brought down from upstairs...

Are you suggesting the 'fused spur' would be outside the wall, and visable, or hidden within the wall?

if the spur is inside the wall, is it possible that a connection has been broken when the wires have been moved/pulled?

thanks again, so much, for your efforts..

 

[xr4x4]

Ok, try this.

Separate all the red and black wires, leave the earths together.

Turn on the power, with the multimeter put one probe to earth and then with the other probe try all the red and black wires in turn.

After first checking the multmeter works.

 

[holmslaw]

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[londondiyer]

thanks again everyone...

xr4x4 - using the multimeter, testing the earth to each of the six wires (three red and three black), am I looking for one of the six to give me a reading, and that is the live feed? and if none do I assume the feed is disrupted/broken somewhere?

holmslaw - there certainly isn't anything visable outside the wall, by the socket near the light switch, could someone have put the spur inside the wall, or perhaps behind skirting?

thanks again for everyone's help

 

[xr4x4]

thanks again everyone...

xr4x4 - using the multimeter, testing the earth to each of the six wires (three red and three black), am I looking for one of the six to give me a reading, and that is the live feed? and if none do I assume the feed is disrupted/broken somewhere?

thanks again for everyone's help

That was my thinking, you never know.

 

[sparkwright]

Could there be an additional consumer unit (fuse box) somewhere?

Perhaps a sub main has been added, this may explain why the lights didn't appear to be on a regular lighting circuit.

 

[securespark]

I have to agree with holms and say that by wiring the switch incorrectly, or a lamp blowing, the fuse in the spur may be down.

You need to trace the supply unfortunately....

 

[londondiyer]

Hi all, I just wanted to thank you for your helpful comments and suggestions...

I didn't find a fused spur in teh same room, but had a bit of a think, and looked, upstairs in the bedroom, and found one on the opposite side of the room, behind a wardrobe!

replaced fuse, replaced dodgy switch, and now have lights again!

thanks again