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

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.
 
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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:cool:
 
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 :)
 
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
 
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!
 

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