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Electric sockets

dave1982 · 2020-05-27 17:45:22

Hi I changed two sockets today in front room all went well but now there's no power in sockets in hallway. They are on different walls not connected to sockets I changed. There no switch down in fuse box either. Any one have any ideas

27-05-2020 5:45pm

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dave1982

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Hi I changed two sockets today in front room all went well but now there's no power in sockets in hallway. They are on different walls not connected to sockets I changed. There no switch down in fuse box either. Any one have any ideas

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#2 27-05-2020 6:25pm

Corkey123

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It is probably that when changing one of the sockets you disturbed the loop of the live or neutral. Most likely the one closest to the now faulty sockets you have.

While on a different wall they are likely to be on the same loop. When you examine the socket again you will see a live(brown) and neutral (blue) loop into socket and back out to the next socket and so on. You are likely to have disturbed the loop in one of the sockets you have changed.

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