Connected shaver socket, fuse tripped, now no power - help!

[Tobee1k]

I have had a bathroom renovation done. The old bathroom had a wall cabinet with a shaver socket built into it. The wire feeding into this was kept in place so that a shaver socket could be added later. I have done plenty basic wiring so I was happy to do this myself when the socket I wanted finally arrived.

Before wiring it up, I checked that power was still getting to the cable, just in case any issues when the bathroom was being done - all good, power going where it should. Not being certain which trip switch related to this connection, I just killed all the power and connected up the shaver socket - wires 100% in the right places and no nicked casings etc. turned the power back on and a fuse tripped.

Maybe stupidly, I flipped the switch back on and now there is no power in this cable at all. I’ve reset all the switches and double checked nothing has been broken/cut etc - all good. Power was off for probably 15 mins max, and everything else has come back on fine, just this one cable is now dead.

Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[ETAF]

how did you check power ?

Not being certain which trip switch related to this connection,

and the cable is connected to what now - Shaver or just free in air / connector block ???

 

[Tobee1k]

I tested it by holding a power tracer up to the cable - it beeped prior to me turning off the power and connecting the socket.

It is now in a connector block, the same one it was in before I started this.

 

[Deleted member 267285]

Maybe loose connection at the consumer unit (CU) or fuse box? Power tracer is no good for testing purposes. Is the shaver socket spurred off?

 

[Tobee1k]

Yes, shaver socket is spurred off.

I can’t see how the connection at the consumer unit end could be the issue, nothing was touched there and power was consistently going where it should right up to me connecting this shaver socket. Not saying it’s not the problem, it just seems a huge coincidence that it would cause a problem at exactly the same time, no?

The power tracer was literally to tell me if there was current there, it beeped, so seemed to indicate power. It now does nothing, correctly indicating no power.

 

[ETAF]

Yes, shaver socket is spurred off.

Spurred off what ?
maybe a fuse in a spur , if the socket was faulty

 

[Deleted member 267285]

Yes, shaver socket is spurred off.

I can’t see how the connection at the consumer unit end could be the issue, nothing was touched there

Not being certain which trip switch related to this connection, I just killed all the power and connected up the shaver socket - wires 100% in the right places and no nicked casings etc. turned the power back on and a fuse tripped.

Unless I’ve misinterpreted that? If it’s a fused connection unit, check the fuse.

 

[Tobee1k]

Hmmm that’s pushing my knowledge - it’s a modern(ish) trip switch consumer unit, trip switches now stay on. There are fuses behind the switches, right? How can I tell if one has blown?

 

[ETAF]

no - you said spurred off
maybe something like this

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somewhere

What was connected to the cable before
Does it get power from a light switch in the bathroom maybe

 

[Tobee1k]

Ah sorry, misunderstood. I was told that it was a spur off another cable. It isn’t going to a fused switch, the cable just come out of the floor and used to go into the old bathroom cabinet that had a built in shaver socket and light. The cabinet was removed and the cable kept so that the new shaver socket could be connected. Nothing was done to the cable and as I mentioned, checked that it had power prior to me shutting off everything and connecting the new socket. So no fuses to blow as far as I can see (aside from anything at the consumer unit end, but there was no bang/flash etc).

 

[ETAF]

not controlled from a light switch .... that you had on ??? - so the light in cabinet came on/off with the main switch ?

 

[Tobee1k]

No, there was a motion switch on the bottom of the cabinet that controlled the light, that was in the cabinet, so constant power going up to that point (the cabinet has long since been removed).

 

[ETAF]

anything else not working anywhere - Lights / fan / sockets ???
whatever the cable is connected to - that may not work

 

[terryplumb]

Show us a picture of the consumer unit and indicate which breaker tripped when you turned power on after fitting the shaver socket.

 

[Tobee1k]

Guys - problem solved. It turns out it was a spur from a plug socket in the kitchen, I took a floorboard up and followed the cable. Hidden behind a cupboard was a fuse panel/socket thing (as suggested by ETAF - thanks!). The fuse had blown. Thanks again for all your input.