kitchen appliances not working -electricity problem?

Agusya

I had the washing machine and tumble dryer on at the same time  and after 20 min it all went off. Integrated cooker/oven also isnt working . Ive checked electricity box and fuses all seems fine. The sockets that these 3 appliances are connected to dont work (I checked plugging in something else) Can I easily fix it or should I phone electrician?  thanks! 

mi-key

Do you have MCBs in the box ( small white switches you can reset yourself rather than old fashioned fuses ) ? Are any of them in the off position?

Is it an electric cooker or gas? If electric it should be on its own seperate ring ( likely 32 amps ) and should have a seperate breaker for this in the box, or possibly in the kitchen somewhere. It is possible the washer and dryer were added to this circuit in the past.

It could be a loose wire on that circuit, but normally it is a tripped switch or possibly if there is a seperate fused switch for the cooker in the kitchen, then the fuse could have blown there

Agusya

thanks for your reply. Cooker is gas oven is electric- integrated. Thats is all I can see:m 

Robin9

The one from2nd from the right is a fuse - switch the ON to OFF before you take it out to check.


This is old - also I see a broken On.OFF switch for the cooker burglar alarm ?

mi-key

OK, cooker should definitely have its own electrical supply then. It could be hidden away in a cupboard in the kitchen somewhere  If not, then probably a job for an electrician to check

Belenus

In your final photo, there are what appear to be 5 fuses and 1 breaker.

Have you checked those fuses?

Do you know how to do that safely?

Agusya

Belenus said:

In your final photo, there are what appear to be 5 fuses and 1 breaker.

Have you checked those fuses?

Do you know how to do that safely?

I took them out and back in. Ive already played with switching on and off switches. Nothing happens. Cooker has fuse next to switch button but Im not sure what to do with it

Agusya

This is old - also I see a broken On.OFF switch for the cooker. 

where is it? Which one?

[Deleted User]

Hi,

have you unplugged w/m and t/d and switched off those sockets?

Agusya

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

have you unplugged w/m and t/d and switched off those sockets?

I have . And tried something else. Sockets aren’t working. 

macman

Basics: is there a separate ring main for the kitchen, or is it part of the 'downstairs sockets' circuit? If the latter, are the other downstairs sockets working? If the former, are any of the kitchen sockets working?
It really is time to get those ancient wired fuses replaced with MCB's, and label up each circuit properly. 
If other sockets are affected, then the problem isn't the switched FCU next to the cooker. The fuse supplying the ring main has blown, or maybe a loose connection somewhere on the ring if some sockets are still working.
If you don't know how to check the fuse in an FCU or check the fuse wire on the CU fuses then you need to get a competent person in to fault find.