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Help! All sockets circuits gone!

JuliusCaesar · 2010-08-01 10:29:34

So the electricity was working fine at 7 this morning....then I went to get some milk for my tea and the fridge light wasn't working. (The electric kettle had boiled only minutes before) So I came back an hour later and the kettle wouldn't work, so I checked around and NO sockets at all are working anywhere in the house.…

01-08-2010 10:29am

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JuliusCaesar

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So the electricity was working fine at 7 this morning....then I went to get some milk for my tea and the fridge light wasn't working. (The electric kettle had boiled only minutes before) So I came back an hour later and the kettle wouldn't work, so I checked around and NO sockets at all are working anywhere in the house.

Up on a ladder and look at the fuse box, which I'd never looked at before. It's an old-fashioned one. Switched the electricity off because I know nothing about this stuff, unscrewed each of the three fuses (each contains a ceramic fuse) - everything looks normal (well, how would I know, but no scorch marks or anything). The only thing this has accomplished is to stop the house alarm working.

And my freezer is defrosting.....and a lot of the sockets are hidden behind washing machine, fridge, etc. A good esthetic, but can't look at them now! :rolleyes:

So - any ideas? Do I need an electrician? And as it's a Bank Hol Sunday, how much are they likely to charge?

I'm in D8.

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#2 01-08-2010 10:50am

mp22

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you dont need to remove the fuses look in the viewing window and make sure each fuse still has a small round shiny center.the other thing to do is to unplug everything, if you find a blown fuse replace it, plug things in one at a time.Start with a radio,turn it on loud,then plug things back in.Leave the kettle till last.
If you cant see if a fuse is blown replace all three.

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#3 01-08-2010 11:10am

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Not very helpful, but you sound as though you had the sockets put in (hidden from sight ) and you have a house alarm, how come you still have an old fashioned fuse board?

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#4 01-08-2010 11:11am

JuliusCaesar

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Electrician looked at it and said it was grand.

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#5 01-08-2010 6:26pm

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JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Electrician looked at it and said it was grand.

What was the cause...an internal fault or a repeat of yesterday's power outtage?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=67216994

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#6 01-08-2010 6:37pm

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are the lights working or is it just sockets?

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