weird problem

[bahco]

now then...

went to a job today got there lady said to me some of my lights stop working then come back on a few hours later.

different room lights only one at once never 2, hmm so all the lights are standard pendants, looked at all the pendants wiring looked ok tightened a few up they were a bit loose.... went up in the loft it was a first floor flat by the way, all cables looked good no sign of damage.

did a ir test on the circuit >299 on all.

so after a few hours of checking i still found no problem, said to the lady it might be the loose connections in the pendants, give me a ring if it happens again.

so any idear what it could be?

i think ive covered eveything i can but any advice would be good

cheers

sorry forgot to add whenever one of the fittings stop working the mcb has never tripped, also the circuit has about 1.2 amps on.

thankin you

 

[WarrenG]

Very strange one.........Micky Mouse Lamps from the Pound shop?

Sounds very much like loose connections, making and breaking contacts. As silly as it sounds if on pedants and the pendant gets a bit of a swing connections can become loose.

 

[michufc]

now then...

went to a job today got there lady said to me some of my lights stop working then come back on a few hours later.

different room lights only one at once never 2, hmm so all the lights are standard pendants, looked at all the pendants wiring looked ok tightened a few up they were a bit loose.... went up in the loft it was a first floor flat by the way, all cables looked good no sign of damage.

did a ir test on the circuit >299 on all.

so after a few hours of checking i still found no problem, said to the lady it might be the loose connections in the pendants, give me a ring if it happens again.

so any idear what it could be?

i think ive covered eveything i can but any advice would be good

cheers

sorry forgot to add whenever one of the fittings stop working the mcb has never tripped, also the circuit has about 1.2 amps on.

thankin you

i have had a similar thing happen to me before and found that a fixing screw for the pendants had just pearced the cable but you were probably right with the loose connections

 

[bahco]

cheers for the replys lads

she hasnt rung me back as yet so that can only be a good thing, hopefully it will be a loose connections really dont know what to do if the faults still happen.

might take some new lamps round just incase your right warren

 

[michufc]

no problem all the best o and i have come across one cheap pendant that the terminal has been over tightened and the grub screw snapped causing a poor connection

good luck mate

 

[12345aob]

Until reading the last line my money was on overload- I always check that there isn't an outside light on the circuit with a perished seal, damp in the attic or a nice shiny new fitting and it’s been there since they moved in 8 years ago but b&q currently have'em on special!