Bedroom light gone out

[alex96]

I returned home and went to turn my light on and nothing happened, all the breakers are on as well as all the other lights on the circuit. Put several bulbs in it and no luck. Im taking the switch/light down tomorrow to have a look, is it most likely going to be a connection lose? any other suggestions would be helpful!

 

[Marvo]

I've put this in the DIY forum for you Alex.

What type of light is it?

 

[alex96]

It's a pendant light fitting

 

[Marvo]

Hmmm, could be any number of things to be honest. I'd caution that you must pull the fuse or switch off power at the CU though, just because the light isn't coming on doesn't mean it's not live. There could be a fault like a missing/loose neutral which means it will still give you a shock if you fiddle with it when the power is on.

 

[alex96]

Im an apprentice so I know to turn the circuit off etc. I'll have a go at it tomorrow and see if I can work it out:stooge_curly:

 

[ifindoubtdont]

Swop around a known working lamp with the not working lamp. If the one that did doesn't and the one didn't does (don't try and say that after a few beers) then you know the lamp is ok. Is it screw or bayonet fitting. I have found screw fittings have a problem over prolonged use, the centre contact bends away from the centre pin on the lamp. ENSURE SAFE ISOLATION BEFORE DOING THE NEXT BIT. With a small insulated screwdriver carefully bend the centre contact up. It usually works for me.

 

[alex96]

It's a bayonet fitting, and my parents took there bulb out which is working perfectly fine and put it my room and no luck

 

[telectrix]

an obvious culprit could be the switch: does it "click" as it should. but without basic test equipment, it's guesswork.

 

[alex96]

The switch is a push button which you can dim as well but it sounds fine. I checked all the connections and they are all tight. I think I need myself a pair of testers to check

 

[telectrix]

a multimeter would be of use, but i'd only trust a cheap one for dead testing.

 

[Darkwood]

If your an apprentice then you will have a test meter/voltage checker, use this to see if you have a voltage at your pendant.

 

[alex96]

I'm getting power on the flex going down to the actually bulb bit so I have no idea what's wrong with it

 

[telectrix]

can't rely on a voltstick apart from the most basic. the S/L could appear to be live when it's not, and a voltstick will not detect a missing N. anyway, to get back to the title of your thread, are you sure it's not just gone out for a pint or a curry? :49:

 

[Darkwood]

I'm getting power on the flex going down to the actually bulb bit so I have no idea what's wrong with it

Use a bit of thinking then if you have 230v leaving the pendant on the flex then surely you can narrow it down to just a few issues, even on a trainee level this shouldn't be rocket science to figure out.... either the circuit isn't complete to the lamp be it electrically or physically or all your lamps are duff.