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r2d2
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Hi All,
Hope someone can advise...
On Halloween night I noticed a bulb blow in the kichen/dining room but paid little attention to it as I was on my way into a different room. I went to sort it out the next morning and realised that some of my lights weren't working. I checked the fusebox to see if any of the switches tripped but all seemed fine. So, I have three sets of lights in the kitchen/dining room that operate off three switches, two are not working. The hall light is not working and the lounge lights don't work either. I have replaced bulbs and tried again but I'm not getting anything. All other lights in the house are working (including two sets downstairs). I have looked at the fusebox again as I assumed a fuse must have blown even though none of the switches tripped but it doesn't exactly look 'user friendly'....I've opened it up and expected to be able to slide out the individual bits to check the fuse (Is there an actual fuse there like the old days or am I making a complete idiot of myself ??)...Anyway, the only way it seems for me to have a closer look at them is to start unscrewing them and I don't want to do that until I get some advice.
As an aside, we've never had problems with tripping until we got some garden lights installed (6 in all) earlier this year and if they are left on for more than about five minutes a fuse trips. We've tried getting the elctrician back but I reckon he might be one of those guys who changes his pay as you go mobile every three months !! Only other thing I can add is that the actual fusebox is an AEG and I have no diagram as to where each fuse relates to so I'll be searching around a bit in the dark...literally !!
I'd appreciate any help/advice.
Thanks,
r2d2
Hope someone can advise...
On Halloween night I noticed a bulb blow in the kichen/dining room but paid little attention to it as I was on my way into a different room. I went to sort it out the next morning and realised that some of my lights weren't working. I checked the fusebox to see if any of the switches tripped but all seemed fine. So, I have three sets of lights in the kitchen/dining room that operate off three switches, two are not working. The hall light is not working and the lounge lights don't work either. I have replaced bulbs and tried again but I'm not getting anything. All other lights in the house are working (including two sets downstairs). I have looked at the fusebox again as I assumed a fuse must have blown even though none of the switches tripped but it doesn't exactly look 'user friendly'....I've opened it up and expected to be able to slide out the individual bits to check the fuse (Is there an actual fuse there like the old days or am I making a complete idiot of myself ??)...Anyway, the only way it seems for me to have a closer look at them is to start unscrewing them and I don't want to do that until I get some advice.
As an aside, we've never had problems with tripping until we got some garden lights installed (6 in all) earlier this year and if they are left on for more than about five minutes a fuse trips. We've tried getting the elctrician back but I reckon he might be one of those guys who changes his pay as you go mobile every three months !! Only other thing I can add is that the actual fusebox is an AEG and I have no diagram as to where each fuse relates to so I'll be searching around a bit in the dark...literally !!
I'd appreciate any help/advice.
Thanks,
r2d2