Recent content by George C

Indeed. We have a list of things for our local electrician to deal with when he comes round! Thanks for your help.

The MCB supplies quite a few sockets but the fault was caused by overloading of a multisocket, in particular using an electric fire. When the multisocket blew it must have blown the plug of the fire too because when I plugged it into the wall socket (on it own, no multisocket) and switched that...

It's worked. Thanks. I've turned tripped circuits back on before but was nervous this time because of the small explosion (as it seemed) in the socket. Thanks for your advice and reassurance. Now I really must pin our local electrician down on a time to sort this mess out...

Thanks. So I won't blow anything up by trying it?

This is the circuit board. The only things I can see below the level of the main switch are the switches for the individual circuits. Are these RCDs? I can't see anything that applies to individual sets of sockets apart from the switches on the sockets themselves,

See photos. A second circuit is also off at the circuit board. That was already the case (and is the indirect cause of the overload - we're waiting for a local electrician to find time to come and look at it).

House is 1930s. We had a new circuit board / consumer unit put in about five years ago when we had a loft conversion done, but no idea how old the wiring downstairs (where the problem is) is. We've been in the house 12 years. One unusual (I'm told) thing is the circuits for the sockets (and...

Thanks for the speedy replies. Socket and circuit board below. A second circuit is also off at the circuit board. That was already the case (and is the indirect cause of the overload - we're waiting for a local electrician to find time to come and look at it).

A quick query - one of my double sockets has just blown - a consequence of overload I think. There was a nasty bang, flash and smell. It went as I was switching the socket on (though nothing plugged in was actually on at the time). I'll get a professional in to deal with it, but I'd like to...