Light stopped working, rest of house is fine

[marian]

Hi

Its my fisrt post on this forum so id like to say hallo to everyone willing to help with my situation as i cant afford an electrician to come in and have a look at in my house.

So the story is I came in to my bathroom switched the lights on and just moment after light appeard its gone. So i thought its gonna be a switch in a fuse box so went down to have a look at it and i was actually quite surprised that my fuse box looks rather old and there are no switches at all (only the main one) and it looks like that:



red box on the left is 30A, white is 5A and right one wasnt there at all. Now i dont actually know how to at least test it and what could couse the lights gone in whole house. The rest of the house is intact. Dont get me wrong i do have some experience with electric but not with odl thing like that.

My questions are:
1. Are those red and white boxes are actually fuses? If so and any of them (im guessing its the 5A one for lights) broken is it easy to buy and replace them? Where to buy and how to replace them?
2. Could it be the faulty bulb causing light fault in whole house?
3. Could it be light switch in the bathroom?
4. What else if none of the above?

Thanks for looking and Id appreciate any help from you

Thanks in advance

 

[shagbite]

if you're not happy with uk electricians, get one of your mates from LithRomSlovPolia to sort it out.

 

[marian]

Knowledge comes with experience. A photo in circumstances doesn't help one bit. We need to use test equipment ( which costs money) a van ( which costs money) what we learned at college ( which costs money ). So maybe now you can understand why we charge money unless you can a electrical contractor who is also a registered charity.

i understand why you charge money and i dont blame you for that but forum is to share knowledge so if your not willing to do so why you even here? so from now on if any of you is not willing to help with the question asked in first post please dont write its only a mess for any future searching for answers

 

[telectrix]

OK, marian. switch off the switch on the right. pull the white 5A fuse. if it's blown, rewire it. refit and switch on. if it blows again, then phone a spark. if you are west/south west manchester, it's not too far for me to call.

 

[Plonker 3]

The thread may as well be locked then lol

 

[marian]

if you're not happy with uk electricians, get one of your mates from LithRomSlovPolia to sort it out.

i didnt mention im not happy with uk electricians did i?

 

[telectrix]

if, as i said, you are west/south west manchester, i'd call for a fixed fee £45, covering up to 1 hour on site.

 

[Resu]

I always though that forum is to help the ones that have no or limited knowlegde, if i knew i wouldnt ask but than would that forum even exist (or the idea of forum)?

This forum is for qualified electricians to talk to each other. These people have spent thousands of pounds and years of their life to get to the position that they're in and you expect them to share that knowledge for free? If you can't change fuse wire then I'd say your electrical experience is almost non existent, remember just how dangerous electricity can be in the wrong hands!

If you phone around and explain your situation I'm sure someone would be happy to come out and have a quick look without taking the mick price-wise.

Otherwise I suggest you try the screwfix forum...

 

[marian]

I agree with you but if it is just the fuse wire blown you can replace it yourself, any DIY shop will sell the fuse wire, you might be best replacing them with retro fit push in mcb's . But looking at the con unit I would advise you to get your wiring looked at because to be honest it doesn't look too good.

one of those? WYLEX 5 AMP PLUG IN B5 RETROFIT MCB 5A TRIP BREAKER TO REPLACE REWIREABLE FUSE | eBay

 

[GLENNSPARK]

What a set of mugs you all are...
you hand out advice to `sweet sounding maid marian`...(come on guys think about it)....
it`l be some builder someware wanting to know how to wire stuff up...i shyt you not...
go tell this un to get an electrician in....

 

[Guitarist]

Hey just cos something is more expensive doesnt mean that cheaper is not at all but lets dont look into each others wallets ok?
I always though that forum is to help the ones that have no or limited knowlegde, if i knew i wouldnt ask but than would that forum even exist (or the idea of forum)?



And this is the fine example of a member who understand whole forum idea To Guitarist: but hey what i know i should call electrician and pay. Maybe people dont call electricians (as i understand you dont have enough work as others got more than you) because its not so difficult that much? changing fuse can do myself but i bet you coming to my house telling me its a fuse youd charge me some money already right and for changing it and than youd tell me it absolutly need rewiring as its dangerous to have it like that so i wouldnt end up on 20 pounds

Yeah, you're right...being an electrician is "not so difficult that much"....Also, if I told you it was dangerous, then that would be exactly what it is. We don't make up things just for fun you know!

 

[onions1066]

Marian I agree with some of your points but the clue is in the title of the website " electricians forum" the idea of this forum is for electricians to share knowledge between each other not to advice novices how to do our job. If you rang a car garage with a fault on your dash board they would not advise you over the phone how to clear it they would book you in. We all need to make a living Marian and this is ours.

 

[marian]

Marian I agree with some of your points but the clue is in the title of the website " electricians forum" the idea of this forum is for electricians to share knowledge between each other not to advice novices how to do our job. If you rang a car garage with a fault on your dash board they would not advise you over the phone how to clear it they would book you in. We all need to make a living Marian and this is ours.

now i see your points. so there is a way to explain things, nicely. thanks for anyone helping nxt time ill use appropriate forum

 

[onions1066]

now i see your points. so there is a way to explain things, nicely. thanks for anyone helping nxt time ill use appropriate forum

Youve had an offer off telectrix which seems a good one to me he knows his stuff and you know he's experienced because he's as old as god.

 

[onions1066]

And just to add for next time screwfix have a good DIY forum for basic questions .

 

[Octopus]

Youve had an offer off telectrix which seems a good one to me he knows his stuff and you know he's experienced because he's as old as god.

But there are people who don't want help. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink!