No power to garage, fuses ok

[flicker]

Hi folks thanks for any help...

Went into garage (detached) last night to get something out of freezer and neither light nor freezer working. Have a fuse box in garage (old style wire fuse) one for sockets and one for light but both are ok and the unit hadnt tripped. Went into house to check the fuses but i actually have no fuse for the garage in the main unit and everything is working ok anyway in the house.
Does the power to garage have to be coming from in my house somewhere? Could it be coming off a socket or something else - but then why is everything working in house? Does this mean a wire problem or is there something simple im not doing here? The main wire coming into garage is underground so can i check if power is getting into the garage?
And yep lost all food in freezer - 2 turkeys, 3 chickens, 2 hams, pheasant and my favourite pizzas. Gutted.

 

[olsonn]

If you get an electrician to have a look at it I am sure they will explain to you how it all works and inform you if it is safe or not.

 

[gaz76]

i dont have a clue how my garage is wired thats what im trying to understand, i have no intention of doing any work to it jeez guys gimme a break!

you dont seem to get it, the people telling you to call an electrician are giving you a break, if you have no intention of doing any work then why are you asking how it works??

 

[Jonesy83]

your sexual pleasure with animals are of no interest to me flicker

 

[flicker]

you dont seem to get it, the people telling you to call an electrician are giving you a break, if you have no intention of doing any work then why are you asking how it works??

serious?

 

[Goody]

goody i do have a switch in with the consumer unit and never known what it does - i thought may have been for old doorbell maybe - but its just like a normal lightswitch - would hardly be a fuse in there?

I have come across links to the garage simply spurred off the kitchen ring, either FCU'ed or not. Trace your garage link cable back to the house supply and you will get clues, also look if the cable is damaged (snapped) on its run. It's simply a question of applying the logic and playing it safe.

Best of luck!

 

[oldtimer]

Yep check the kitchen as I have seen this as well ie a FCU behind a washing machine also I had a guy who tested the garge supply himself and when he called me out his wife just about passed out when I said to him it was live no he said I tested across live and neutral yep but you did not test between live and earth because you have no neutral I thoght it was the switch at fault he said and I was going to change it ?????

 

[telectrix]

look closely at the switch you don't know what it's for. you may fing that it's got a 13A fuse in the front plate. this is a FCU< or fused connection unit. replace fuse and see what happens. if there is a fault, it will blow the new fuse.

 

[flicker]

thanks a million guys will let you know how i get on lets hope the "doorbell switch" does more than i thought!!

 

[telectrix]

and as for your lost frozen food, your home insurance might cover it.

 

[flicker]

thats true mate but most of it was the inlaws!! I know for a fact the switch doesnt have a front plate for fuse - there would hardly be anything behind it?

 

[telectrix]

this is what i was thinking of.

 

[flicker]

no its just like a normal light switch

 

[telectrix]

OK, so you need to find where the garage is fed from. could be from a MCB in the CU, back of a socket, split CU tails feeding a separate MCB/RCD. if it ain't obvious, then you need to do as others have said, and call in a spark to find out what is what, and what faults , if any, are present.

 

[flicker]

there is a mcb in the garage with two fuses - old wire fuse - could that unit be faulty even. All sockets in the house are ok. Im waiting on spark coming tomorrow just pickling my head as to where its coming from in house!

 

[oldtimer]

Flicker get yourself an electrician before this post goes into 4 pages