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Strange electrical fault
jaymoe
Posts: 218 Forumite
Tonight we plugged a lamp into a single plug socket and that has managed to blow three plug sockets. Two in the living room and one in the kitchen. Even stranger is the one we plugged the lamp into works fine still. Can anyone shed any light as to what might have happened and how much this is likely to cost
Basically the lamp was plugged into the west wall of the room but has blown the north and east wall sockets and one in the kitchen. Hopefully this has explained it all better oh and have checked the fuse board and all fuses are fine
Basically the lamp was plugged into the west wall of the room but has blown the north and east wall sockets and one in the kitchen. Hopefully this has explained it all better oh and have checked the fuse board and all fuses are fine
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Radial circuit and the "out" cable from the socket has come loose maybe.0
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From the socket that we plugged the lamp into? If so that socket is working. It's just another three that aren't all of a sudden0
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Ok, as I have no knowledge at all of things DIY I understand what you mean but don't understand how these can come loose as the sockets are between 10-20ft away from the socket we plugged the lamp into. Daft question (to prove I know nothing) can some kind of power surge make these come loose?0
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Ok, as I have no knowledge at all of things DIY I understand what you mean but don't understand how these can come loose as the sockets are between 10-20ft away from the socket we plugged the lamp into. Daft question (to prove I know nothing) can some kind of power surge make these come loose?
It may have come loose in the socket you plugged the lamp into. The other three are further down the line then that one.0 -
Got it. Nice one. Thanks for the advice. Any idea how long this job would take if that was the answer. Just need to get a rough idea of cost!0
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Tothepoint. wrote: »It may have come loose in the socket you plugged the lamp into. The other three are further down the line then that one.
The sockets should be on a ring looping back to the consumer unit (fuse board). In which case, there will be two breaks in the circuit - A loose wire between the first socket an the faulty three, and another loose wire between number three and number four socket.
A decent electrician will be able to find the fault fairly quickly, and it is an easy fix. It would be worth getting the other sockets and switches checked at the same time as there could be more loose wires waiting to come adrift.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
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Hard to tell exactly how much this will cost. A good electrician shouldn't have trouble finding the fault but even if the fix is trivial it may be hampered by access to wherever the cause of the fault is.0
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