Help stuck

[Marcus28]

Doing a simple light change upstairs and the light stayed on so went to change the wires and wen doing so the one of the lives touched the earth.. From then on no upstairs lights are working all plugs are working and there is no upstairs lighting fuses never came across this before please help

 

[Benjamiin]

Call in an electrician mate! If any one gives you advice they would be a fool! Because with all due respect you were daft enough to. Work live! Sure someone on here is in your area!

 

[thomas-1981]

Simple light change? I'VE NO LIGHTS UPSTAIRS AARGH! No offence mate just jesting but best get an electrician.

 

[Guitarist]

Doing a simple light change upstairs and the light stayed on so went to change the wires and wen doing so the one of the lives touched the earth.. From then on no upstairs lights are working all plugs are working and there is no upstairs lighting fuses never came across this before please help

Not so simple afterall then. Call an electrician before you are hurt.

 

[DJ Ovengloves]

Which you nearly were OP as the circuit was live!

Not so simple afterall then. Call an electrician before you are hurt.

 

[Sintra]

Same advice here get someone in that knows what they are doing.

 

[Guitarist]

I actually got called to a lighting problem yesterday. The Gentleman had got a neutral connected incorrectly in his light fitting making some other lights on the same circuit glow dimly. He had the sense to call me out though before any harm was done fortunately.

 

[Marcus28]

I wasn't working live. I turned everything on to test and there must of been a brake in the live whice touched the earth. I was thinking there has now had a brake in the circuit which I was thinking bout chasing from the main rosé the so one only was stumped due to not having roses at every ceiling light

 

[oldtimer]

Got called to a job where at the lights the guy joined all the reds and blacks together then connected the light but could not understand why the MCB tripped everytime he switched the light on although he said the light was on even although the switch was off.

Answers on a postcard please

 

[telectrix]

is it a disc brake or a drum brake?

 

[lfcsparkycus]

me thinks you been working live, to just do a simple job, to the untrained eye it looks easy doesn"t it

 

[Marcus28]

Everybody on this forum is so helpful and telectrix is so funny hahahaha

 

[lfcsparkycus]

for doing such a basic job dangerously, your very unlikely to get the answers you want, dont take offence to it but listen to it may just save your life

 

[Marcus28]

But honestly I wasn't working live I'm not stupid. I have done before and got bolted so I have learnt my lesson. I just wanted a helping idea to fix it coz it has to be a brake in the circuit if there isn't a upstairs lighting fuse

 

[DJ Ovengloves]

There's only one idiot in this thread

Everybody on this forum is so helpful and telectrix is so funny hahahaha

 

[Octopus]

Everybody on this forum is so helpful and telectrix is so funny hahahaha

God help your clients

 

[lfcsparkycus]

But honestly I wasn't working live I'm not stupid. I have done before and got bolted so I have learnt my lesson. I just wanted a helping idea to fix it coz it has to be a brake in the circuit if there isn't a upstairs lighting fuse

only way to find it is isolate circuit and do your dead tests, you will then find your problem in 10 minutes

 

[simpson93]

But honestly I wasn't working live I'm not stupid. I have done before and got bolted so I have learnt my lesson. I just wanted a helping idea to fix it coz it has to be a brake in the circuit if there isn't a upstairs lighting fuse

there isnt an upstairs lighting fuse .....0.o...... so how were you working dead?

i will however tell you where your problem is, its probably at the light fitting.

 

[Resu]

Had this problem before. Disc brake has been applied thus letting no power through. Doh! Sorry for poor drawing HTH!

 

[guest119]

Weclome to the forum.

 

[guest119]

Had this problem before. Disc brake has been applied thus letting no power through.


Yep and the broke dics is the government, doing away with 100w and 60w general service lamps and making us all use poxy energy savers.
T.F. for e blag.

 

[Marcus28]

there isnt an upstairs lighting fuse .....0.o...... so how were you working dead?

i will however tell you where your problem is, its probably at the light fitting.

Thank you some one helpful and by turning off all the electic

 

[Phillcbr400]

Is this a DIY job or are you an electrician?

 

[monkee]

were is the AUE when you need them

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thats my wifes fault AEU

 

[Worldz]

Lol DIY ..... I hope -____-

But yeh mate electrics isn't always simple call in a trained electrican

 

[trev]

Crikey! Who would have thought that a simple light fitting change could cause so many problems. "Everyone on this forum is so helpful" you may not think it mate but by not telling you how to put this right you are being helped, helped not to kill yourself or one/all of your family.
Get help, electricians are cheaper and less traumatic than funerals.

 

[Sintra]

I wasn't working live. I turned everything on to test and there must of been a brake in the live whice touched the earth. I was thinking there has now had a brake in the circuit which I was thinking bout chasing from the main rosé the so one only was stumped due to not having roses at every ceiling light

Think you should have done your dead tests like R1+R2 and IR tests before trying to test live. Then again you probably don't have test equipment.

 

[Octopus]

Think you should have done your dead tests like R1+R2 and IR tests before trying to test live. Then again you probably don't have test equipment.

Sintra, don't be silly, all these newbies don't believe in MFT's or dead-tests. They aren't necessary. lol

 

[Phillcbr400]

Thought I would ask the question with the amount of Electrical Trainee that's flooding the trade.

 

[Guitarist]

But honestly I wasn't working live I'm not stupid. I have done before and got bolted so I have learnt my lesson. I just wanted a helping idea to fix it coz it has to be a brake in the circuit if there isn't a upstairs lighting fuse

No electrician will diagnose a problem they cannot see via a forum. As this is an "electricians forum", there are lots of things we discuss, but in this case I would strongly recommend that you get a qualified electrician to sort this out. Even if you managed to get it to work, it doesn't mean it would be safe.