wall light fault

[amckay]

My neighbour asked me to put some fancy switch plates up after he decorated. So I'm screwing the plate into the back box and Bang! I mustn't of tightened a connection properly (prob should have turned circuit off too lol) :-( so I make everything ok and re energise circuit but lights for that switch won't illuminate. Change of bulbs reveals its still not working. I've used a non contact voltage detector to check there is power to the lamps and have checked continuity using a fluke t90 and some old offcut to make up the distance and continuity is fine on both L+N. I can't do IR as my tester has been sent away for calibration with screwfix.
I've never come across this before and so far I'm stumped. Any ideas where the fault lies?

 

[Jaxo]

Well the earth cont is ok, he had pir and after looking at certs it seems ok. I'll know better when I test it myself tho.

How do you know this if your meter is away getting calibrated ?

 

[dazza1981]

How do you know this if your meter is away getting calibrated ?

Volt stick and neon screwdriver mate. Hes clever

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i'll ask dan to give you a "FORUM GRUMP" badge. :82:

well i could cope with that....

 

[Jaxo]

I did see a house in Belfast once with fused neutrals... owner called the place I used to work say he had a prob in that his lights fused and did not come back on after rewiring the fuse... took us a while to find it it but there was a box with all the neutrals coming back and fuses on each of them

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I did see a house in Belfast once with fused neutrals... owner called the place I used to work say he had a prob in that his lights fused and did not come back on after rewiring the fuse... took us a while to find it it but there was a box with all the neutrals coming back and fuses on each of them

yep...

Cast service heads often have fused neutrals as well....i always report `em wherever i finds `em...

 

[egg67]

RIGHT you lot as your not being very help full to the OP I'm going to help.



Get a plumber in I think it is something to do with the thing in the wot sit that has not been put in the gubings and then touch the other u bit that is part of the thing that has got nothin to do with wot we are talking about, Friday ISThe best night of week

 

[dazza1981]

RIGHT you lot as your not being very help full to the OP I'm going to help.



Get a plumber in I think it is something to do with the thing in the wot sit that has not been put in the gubings and then touch the other u bit that is part of the thing that has got nothin to do with wot we are talking about, Friday ISThe best night of week

Are you drunk mate?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Are you drunk mate?

still not as pised as the OP was when he started this crap...

 

[egg67]

Not yet as had to take the wife out tonight, she was driving but does not like me to drink when we out, she's gone to bed so give me 45min and I will be

 

[Silly Sausage]

Not yet as had to take the wife out tonight, she was driving but does not like me to drink when we out, she's gone to bed so give me 45min and I will be

Bottle of sherry down in one is the quickest way!

 

[HandySparks]

Bottle of sherry down in one is the quickest way!

Clearly a true connoisseur. :54: :rolleyes4:

 

[egg67]

Bottle of sherry down in one is the quickest way!

just one? :26:

 

[Silly Sausage]

Well, get two bottles of QC lined up.
It's not called an aperitif for nothing!

 

[Richard Burns]

Not yet as had to take the wife out tonight, she was driving but does not like me to drink when we out, she's gone to bed so give me 45min and I will be

should be there by now then!:54:

 

[egg67]

will do, thanks for that tip all I've got to do now is find a shop that is open, we do have a small carton of red wine in cupboard that wife uses in gravy will that do? or would it be best if I just had anther JD, Got a testing job to do on monday and have to take my tester to screwfix in morning to get it calibrated would like to thank OP for telling us that they do that sort of thing do you think i will be able to get a new bulb (not lamp) for my heavy duty mains tester (neon thing that you test with to make it all safe be before you touch the black/blue or the one that some times has yellow and green on it)