Help.. no lights downstairs in my home

[jrt]

Hope someone can please help with strange (to me) issue

I turned lights in last night in my home & they came on & then went off. But all apart from 1 light downstairs in my house doesn't work. At first I thought fuse, but it's ok. The 1 light that stays on is on same fuse as the ones that won't. None are linked with same switch so none of the lounge, kitchen, dining room, hall or lower toilet are working. Any ideas on where to start to remedy ?

Thanks

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Do that one light downstairs go off when you pul the upstairs fuse?

 

[Octopus]

If you are tempted to have a go yourself be VERY aware that the problem could be with the live OR The neutral ...... So what appears to be dead, could very well be live!

 

[Octopus]

If you are tempted to have a go yourself be VERY aware that the problem could be with the live OR The neutral ...... So what appears to be dead, could very well be live!

 

[jrt]

If I pull upstairs fuse, downstairs light stays on, only upstairs goes out, def on seperate fuse line

 

[jrt]

Could the issue come from a wall switch ? On the wall connecting my hall to my kitchen, I have wired switches both sides, so you can turn lights in kitchen on or off from either side of the wall. It was this switch I pressed when all apart from the 1 light went ou

 

[Octopus]

When did you change the switch?

 

[jrt]

About 6 months ago, I rewired my kitchen when putting in spolights, all working fine until last night

 

[Octopus]

Got any test kit?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

 

[jrt]

sadly not, think Im going to have to do trial & error, just removed swithces, they seem fine & not made any difference

 

[westward10]

Nothing wrong with having a look but ensure the power is off.

 

[telectrix]

the furthest light (physically) from the fuse board may well be the first one on the circuit. also,are you sure that the light that works is not on the upstairs circuit? it has been know, especially with lights that have 2 way switching, might even have L from circuit#1 and N from circuit#2.

 

[Toneyz]

1 Loose connection in light that works or
2 Loose connection in next light rose or
3 break in cable between .

 

[westward10]

the furthest light (physically) from the fuse board may well be the first one on the circuit.

Agree, the last lighting point on my downstairs circuit is the fluorescent in the garage about a meter from the CU.

 

[jrt]

Up & down light definitely not linked, definitely separate fuses & only linked by the switch having two separate switches, u can't turn downstairs light on/off from upstairs, only upstairs light from down lol. Just pulled the switch off from kitchen, wires were solidly fixed, yet with it totally removed, still no other lights, so guessing its not the switch here.