SOCKET NOT WORKING

[philluk]

socket been working fine but now when i plug some thing in the neutral goes live changed socket but still goes live every plug in the room is fine just that one can some one HELP!!!!!

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

How are you establishing that the 'neutral goes live'?

every plug in the room is fine

Do you mean that or do you mean 'every socket'.

 

[xr4x4]

socket been working fine but now when i plug some thing in the neutral goes live changed socket but still goes live every plug in the room is fine just that one can some one HELP!!!!!

some full stops and commas might help.

 

[cumbriahandyman]

socket been working fine but now when i plug some thing in the neutral goes live changed socket but still goes live every plug in the room is fine just that one can some one HELP!!!!!

some full stops and commas might help.

Shame they took away the thumbs down, that reply was deserved of a thumbs down.

 

[bernardgreen]

Obvious answer is the neutral connection to the socket is no longer connecte to the neutral bar in the consumer unit. This strongly suggests a broken conductor in a cable feeding the socket or a loose terminal in another socket from which this socket is fed.

The apparent "live" on the neutral will be a voltage coming from the real live pin through the appliance plugged in.

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

Obvious answer is the neutral connection to the socket is no longer connecte to the neutral bar in the consumer unit. This strongly suggests a broken conductor in a cable feeding the socket or a loose terminal in another socket from which this socket is fed.

The apparent "live" on the neutral will be a voltage coming from the real live pin through the appliance plugged in.

Don't disgree as it is the obvious conclusion. Except, if it's a ring final then we have two such faults, each exactly adjacent on each side of this socket.

And how did the OP come to this exact conclusion. Too many times a poster will make a definitive statement based on waving a neon screwdriver at the problem.

 

[Chri5]

socket been working fine but now when i plug some thing in the neutral goes live changed socket but still goes live every plug in the room is fine just that one can some one HELP!!!!!

Have you thought to isolate the circuit and remove the socket and look behind at the connections

 

[philluk]

How are you establishing that the 'neutral goes live'?

every plug in the room is fine

Do you mean that or do you mean 'every socket'.

when i test it with electic screwdriver and every soctet is fine

 

[Wontdothatagain]

when i test it with electic screwdriver and every soctet is fine

INCOMING, TAKE COVER

 

[BigJon]

Bin your neon driver and go and buy a plug-in socket tester.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Like this

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[ban-all-sheds]

I've got an electric screwdriver.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31HP8AFWFAL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Works just fine.

 

[RF Lighting]

Try a real one and you'll thow that toy straight in the bin I promise you.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I prefer a non-pistol design.

I might consider one of these:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/98687...WI-10-8V-LiN-10-8V-Li-Ion-Angled-Drill-Driver

Most of my power tools are Blue Bosch or Makita - not a fan of B&D etc, BUT - I do only use the screwdriver for screws, not drilling as well, and not for long periods, so I do find that B&D OK. It's small and light, the NiCd cells can be replaced when they're sh*gged, and the whole thing is cheap enough to chuck & replace without tears if it breaks. If I needed one to use for hours all day and every day it would be no use.

One great feature, and it's the opposite of a great drawback I've found when looking at Bosch, Makita etc in the past, is the way the direction is selected. An awful lot of them have a 2-way rocker or slide switch, and it's too easy when using it upside down with your hand cocked at a strange angle, particularly of it's not your usual hand, to press or slide it the wrong way.

With the B&D you slide the switch to select direction, and then press to make it go, and it's not possible to get that wrong no matter how oddly you're holding it. Also, unlike a pistol shape you can use your thumb or any 4 fingers to press the button, depending on what's most convenient.

I do note, though, that since I last needed a new one Bosch have gone over to using a separate direction selector, which is excellent news. Maybe I should start trawling eBay for a bargain GWI....

 

[tonyelectric]

Neon screwdrivers put the fear of god in me, years ago when I was doing my practical work experience I had a neon which I thought was the kit (I was wrong), the gaffer took the resistor out of it and replaced it with a screw when I went to get my lunch, bloomin hurt and the poor little neon capsule went off like a camera flash.