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

 

[Toneyz]

I was told by another electrician to cut earth off as the actual spotlight do not have an earth terminal

Shock was my stupidity, switch in hall can control upstairs light, I didnt pull fuse on that & when rewiring back up, I touched live on upstairs switch !

Remember safe isolation if there is a next time.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Success !!

I couldnt take flooring up as I did too god a job laying it, so I drilled a hole, cough, two holes lol, found ceiling connection & as per pic, all looked good, I disconnected live & rewired. Tested & all back working, must of just been missing the connection. Down side is as I was rewiring light, I crossed over & touched live from upstairs, arms still vibrating !!!

Bloody well doesn't to me.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

double post.....it keeps doing that.

 

[telectrix]

so... another electrician told you to cut the cpc off. thats in the JB with the fault. yes?so the fault was of your own making. hope you've not left that abortion of a "JB"as in the pic.

 

[telectrix]

so... another electrician told you to cut the cpc off. thats in the JB with the fault. yes?so the fault was of your own making. hope you've not left that abortion of a "JB"as in the pic.

 

[telectrix]

bloody 'ell 4 for the price of one.

 

[Toneyz]

Truth of it all coming out now.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

So 2 electricians couldn't find a fault and another told you to just cut out a CPC? I'm moving to Southampton to make my million, clearly full of idiots!

 

[Amateur]

So 2 electricians couldn't find a fault and another told you to just cut out a CPC? I'm moving to Southampton to make my million, clearly full of idiots!

I thought with the prices electricians charge that you were all millionaires anyway?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

I thought with the prices electricians charge that you were all millionaires anyway?

Christ not with the way our trade is getting de skilled and a high number of untrained 'Electricians' trying to undercut!

 

[Amateur]

Christ not with the way our trade is getting de skilled and a high number of untrained 'Electricians' trying to undercut!

Not to mention all these amateur DIY'ers having a go themselves and then asking for free advice from you to fix their mistakes!

As an amateur myself I thought i might as well get that in before someone else does!

Given my time again I would tell my young self to train as a spark as i find it really interesting. Actually, no i wouldn't, i would say buy a house, then another one, and another one............ I could be a property millionaire by now!

 

[Lee42]

I was told by another electrician to cut earth off as the actual spotlight do not have an earth terminal

Shock was my stupidity, switch in hall can control upstairs light, I didnt pull fuse on that & when rewiring back up, I touched live on upstairs switch !

You're very lucky then. Could of ended up alot worse.
Cant call him an electrician if he told you to cut the cpc. He wasnt the same guy who came to do some fault finding.

 

[jrt]

Putting the number of posts adds to the count, numpty

 

[Octopus]

So what cable do I need ?

You can't go around slapping in a 2nd cable UNTIL you know what and where the problem is.....

Anyway, how do you plan to run this cable? cut holes in ceilings or floorboards?

ANY decent spark will be able to sort this out if they are used to fault finding.....

 

[Pete999]

Putting the number of posts adds to the count, numpty

And???