Any ideas why my floor lamp has stopped working? (changed fuse and bulb)

BaileyB

Hi,

Does anyone have any idea why my floor lamp has stopped working? I have tried changing the bulbs and the fuse on the plug but it still wont work. (I have tried 5 different bulbs and 3 fuses)

My GF switched it on yesterday and the bulb blew and does not work since.

any help would be great i have not got the receipt or box so cannot take it back to B&Q. But i could have had it longer than a year not 100%

Belnahua

Could be a chafed cable, hence the fuse popping?

Any sign of cable damage? Can you extract the whole cable from the lamp? It might also be worth while putting a new plug on it and cutting off the moulded plug. I've known once that the moulded plug was not well made!

Sagz_2

Have you tried it in a different scoket?

DatabaseError

if it is using halogen or other low voltage bulbs, perhaps the transformer has blown

BaileyB

No sign of any cable damage
Yes tried a different socket, but we have the phone plug into the same socket (double) and that works fine.
Fuse board is fine
They are G9 bulbs, how would i know the transformer has gone?

Belnahua

G9 are mains voltage bulbs, so there won't be a transformer.

totalsolutions

Does it have a fault on the in-line switch/dimmer control? G9 base socket open circuit. Got a test meter handy, couple of quid from maplin/B&Q ?