When i accidently turned on a light switch it tripped out all of my downstairs lighting. The switch supplies two lights which do not have any bulbs in them. Would this be the cause of the problem????
No,if there are no bulbs in the light it will not be because of that!
Did you install the fitting?
To me it looks like an earth fault or short circuit somewhere in the fitting
Nicko
March 2007
Doubt it! however why are there no bulbs in these sockets? does this room suffer from damp conditions? did you attempt to put a lightbulb into the socket and have pulled the cable, could someone else hav pulled on the cables. My advice to you is to swtich of the supply at the consumer unit and check the wiring in the sockets make sure all wires are where they are supposed to be. I had a situation some time back i called at a customers house with almost the same problem as yours. I found that once i had unscrewed the cap ontop of the light socket where your bulb goes in a wire had pulled out and was touching against the neutral. The customer stated that this was most odd. However on closer examination of the flex i found that both wires had been cut, this would have happened when someone was cutting the outside sheath. Flex was replaced and no more problems.
Carlito Corway It does what it says on the tin
February 2007
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