Electric Down

venomx

So unfortunately the bathroom, hallway, and kitchen lights have gone, everywhere else works fine.

Called up the block management, landlord & estate agent. All three say I must organise an electrician and pay myself, is this how it's supposed to be ?

Last month I have a faulty plug socket in the bathroom which they organised themselves and it was fixed within a week.
Help ! :mad:

I am renting, and have been for the past 6 months

Slithery

Have you tried switching them back on at the fuse box?

scholesfan88

If your renting then I'd certainly expect the landlord to fix it.

pimento

Watch this helpful video and then go to your consumer unit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DSsqMRVjVw

venomx

Slithery wrote: »

Have you tried switching them back on at the fuse box?

Yep, the ones that say " Lights " i just turned off and then back on

venomx

pimento wrote: »

Watch this helpful video and then go to your consumer unit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DSsqMRVjVw

Thanks for that but my RCD is set to on. In that video he suggests there's a fault if its off.

anselld

venomx wrote: »

Thanks for that but my RCD is set to on. In that video he suggests there's a fault if its off.

All breakers should be in the "up" position.

If any won't stay up there is a fault. Unplug everything from all sockets and try again. If they are all up and no electric there is also a fault.

Any faults on the fixed wiring are down to the Landlord to fix.

ProDave

venomx wrote: »

So unfortunately the bathroom, hallway, and kitchen lights have gone, everywhere else works fine.

Called up the block management, landlord & estate agent. All three say I must organise an electrician and pay myself, is this how it's supposed to be ?

Last month I have a faulty plug socket in the bathroom which they organised themselves and it was fixed within a week.
Help ! :mad:

I am renting, and have been for the past 6 months

I sincerely hope you do not have a plug socket in your bathroom.

Try turning all the circuit breakers off and then back on again (up is on) Some makes can trip without moving all the way to the off position so may not be obvious they have tripped.

LilElvis

If you have the fused switches for things like ovens and washing machines (have a fuse in the plate and the switch has a red strip when it's on) make sure you turn these off too. My electrics went two months ago - it was the washing machine.

G_M

venomx wrote: »

So unfortunately the bathroom, hallway, and kitchen lights have gone, everywhere else works fine.

Called up the block management, landlord & estate agent. All three say I must organise an electrician and pay myself, is this how it's supposed to be ?

Last month I have a faulty plug socket in the bathroom which they organised themselves and it was fixed within a week.
Help ! :mad:

I am renting, and have been for the past 6 months

Well strictly speaking your landlord should get it fixed.


However, if he and the (I assume?) letting agent both told you to get an electrician, then I would email them and ask them to confirm that in writing, and also confirm in writing that you can deduct the electrician's bill from your next rent payment(s).


The last thing you want is argument later about repayment, or over the size of the bill.


The positive side is that you can arrange an electrician relatively quickly yourself, at a time to suit yourself.


But get something in writing from the LL and/or his agent!!

venomx

Ok the block management said they can send out an electrician, but if the problem is the light bulbs I will have to pay.

Thankfully I bought some new bulbs for the lights in the kitchen and now they work fine, so must have been a bulb issue.
Next thing is doing the hallway and bathroom however they are heavy duty so i'll need an extra pair of hands to help.

What I dont get is how all three went down within the period of a month ?