Socket issue

[JRDS]

Hi, I have an issue regarding 4 sockets in my house, 3 upstairs and 1 down stairs, 3 of them are completely dead and 1 of them when I plug a socket tester in it tells me that it’s missing an earth, but it works fine…. Checked all in the boxes and wires are secure

 

[Murdochcat]

You need a local competent spark with proper test kit

 

[hovertoast]

Hi, I have an issue regarding 4 sockets in my house, 3 upstairs and 1 down stairs, 3 of them are completely dead and 1 of them when I plug a socket tester in it tells me that it’s missing an earth, but it works fine…. Checked all in the boxes and wires are secure

Have the sockets ever worked? If they have worked but have since stopped working, did anything change, i.e. putting pictures up, shelves up?

From your description you do need a spark but it would be good to be prepared with some answers to the questions they may ask you. How confident are you with electrical DIY?

 

[JRDS]

Have the sockets ever worked? If they have worked but have since stopped working, did anything change, i.e. putting pictures up, shelves up?

From your description you do need a spark but it would be good to be prepared with some answers to the questions they may ask you. How confident are you with electrical DIY?

Yeah they did work, then all of sudden not, no drilling in the wall or floor when it stopped working, my electrical DIY is achievable with guidance

 

[ETAF]

you must have more sockets then that in the house - why have you specified only those 4 ?

what type of fusebox/consumer unit do you have ?

 

[JRDS]

you must have more sockets then that in the house - why have you specified only those 4 ?

what type of fusebox/consumer unit do you have ?

Yes there are more sockets but they all work fine, the kitchen one work off a separate mcb but the rest including the dead ones run off another mcb

 

[ETAF]

has the shower MCB always been OFF ??
ALL the house Sockets run off the one MCB
do you have a proper multimeter tester - OR just a socket tester ?

 

[JRDS]

has the shower MCB always been OFF ??
ALL the house Sockets run off the one MCB
do you have a proper multimeter tester - OR just a socket tester ?

not always, I replaced the electric shower with a thermostatic one, but that was 6+ months ago, unrelated, 13 of them are on “house sockets” and 5 are on “kitchen sockets” and that’s all the sockets I have, I haven’t got a multimeter, but if it’s going to get me closer to and answer I will purchase one