Double Socket Not Working

[Kieran]

Hey Everyone,

I'm after some advice if possible... I have recently bought my first home and I'm having issues with one of the double sockets.

There has been no power to it since I have moved in, I changed the physical front socket to see if that would rectify the issue, however it still doesn't work. I have checked to make sure nothing has tripped just to cross that off the list.

Now the struggle I'm having is finding where the wires go too. As I don't want to rip the carpet up and remove floorboards if possible.

I have checked everywhere in the house to see if it's wired to a switch as there are only 3 wires in the backbox (Brown, blue & earth) Every other socket in the house works correctly. Is there a way I'm able to trace the wires to find out where they're routed too without removing the carpet? I should add for clarification, the bedroom is upstairs and the cable comes into the back box from the underside, suggesting it doesn't come from the loft. ( I have been up there and I can't see any power cable that runs to the wall where this socket is, however I can see a power cable in the loft that operates the double socket on the opposite side of the bedroom.

There is a plug directly under this plug in the living, which I removed to check if there was any sort of additional wiring that may have powered the socket in the bedroom but there is not.

Thanks in advance!

 

[donnelly22]

I would suggest to call the tester wire to understand where exactly power is lost, and then decide whether to remove the carpet or look for another problem.

 

[brianmoooore]

The first thing that needs to be established is whether there is any continuity at all back to the CU of any of the three individual wires. No continuity on the cpc would suggest that the cable isn't connected at all.

 

[westward10]

I would suggest to call the tester wire to understand where exactly power is lost, and then decide whether to remove the carpet or look for another problem.

What is a tester wire?

 

[littlespark]

Must be an American thing, @westward10

 

[James]

Must be an American thing, @westward10

More like an AI thing?

 

[westward10]

Must be an American thing, @westward10

Read some of their past posts.