problem with lights upstairs

saffsie

hiya

I'm having a problem with my upstairs lights and hoping someone has an idea of what is wrong.
I put the landing light on and the bathroom light on, it started flickering then went off and won't come back on.
It didn't trip the trip switch which usually happens if a bulb blows.
The bathroom light, 2 landing lights and one bedroom light will not come on at all but the other 2 bedroom lights are working fine.
I have had a look at the lights that aren't working and all the wires seem to be in any ideas please?

ormus

you need to check all the wiring in the ceiling roses upstairs.
sounds like a wire has come loose somewhere. its hard to find these things as you wont know the order of the circuit.
also check in the loft as you may have junction boxes up there.
http://www.diydata.com/planning/electric_lights/electric_lights.php

espresso

saffsie wrote: »

The bathroom light, 2 landing lights and one bedroom light will not come on at all but the other 2 bedroom lights are working fine.
I have had a look at the lights that aren't working and all the wires seem to be in any ideas please?

The wires may be in but are the screws tight? The lights are chained together, so the loose connection could be in one of the working lights fitting.

saffsie

All the wires on the lights are tight and in, i just tried the upstairs lightswitch at the top of the landing the wires are tight but when i pushed it back to the wall to screw it back in the lights at the top of the landing were flickering when i wobbled the the lightswitch it flickered again so i undone each wire and put them back in tight now its not flickering again.
Could the lightswitch be faulty?

espresso

saffsie wrote: »

All the wires on the lights are tight and in, i just tried the upstairs lightswitch at the top of the landing the wires are tight but when i pushed it back to the wall to screw it back in the lights at the top of the landing were flickering when i wobbled the the lightswitch it flickered again so i undone each wire and put them back in tight now its not flickering again.
Could the lightswitch be faulty?

Have you checked all of the upstairs light fittings? Even the ones that work could cause others not to work, due to the way that they are chained together. The light switch should not affect the other upstairs lights, even if it was faulty.

molerat

How many cables are there going into the switch. If it is more than one (and possibly the neutrals joined together in a connector) then your wiring could be looped through the switch. A broken wire near the switch could cause the problem.

saffsie

Thankyou everyone for all your help it turned out to be the light in my bedroom that was working when i tightened all the wires up the lights were working fine.
Thankyou so much i'm so pleased i now have lights.