bath over spilt, wetting my electrics in kitchen downstairs

lady123_2

hi , my bath has just overflowed and some of the water came down into the kitchen , we have downlights that werent in there holes so the water came thruogh there, only for a couple of mins but did wet the wires, have turned off the downstairs circuit and will leave it to dry for a day, is there anything else i should do? or any other advice an electrician can offer

HugoSP

Often this won't cause a problem, but just to be sure:

Isolate the relevent circuit that feeds the kitchen lights - lighting downstairs maybe.
Allow plenty of ventilation in the ceiling void, bathroom and kitchen. Leave the lights out of their holes.
Dry off any remaining water/damp in the ceiling void with a towel.
After a day or two get an electrician to carry out an insulation test on the affected lighting circuit, plus any other circuits that the water could have damaged.

I can't be any more specific than that I'm afraid without actually looking at the problem.

H

lady123_2

cheers and thx for the tips, seems ok now, turned the downstairs circuit off and left it for 2 days, seems to have done the trick