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Kitchen Sockets Stopped Working?

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  • 08-03-2011 6:05pm
    #1
    dararyder
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭


    Hi,

    I've got a problem in my kitchen and i'm wondering if anyone would have any possible explanations or might have seen the same problem themselves - any advice would be much appreciated. All the sockets in my kitchen bar two have stopped working.

    Made a coffee last saturday morning and two hours later came down to find i couldn't make another and all the sockets bar the fridge and microwave were dead. Nothing tripped so i assume (rightly or wrongly) that all fuses are fine.

    If anyone could point me in the right direction and save me from paying a hefty call out fee for an electrician for something that i think is probably quite small, i'd be very grateful.

    Thanks,

    Dara
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    #2
    ft9
    Registered Users Posts: 4,408 ✭✭✭ft9


    If nothing has tripped and the two sockets which are working are on the same circuit, it sounds like a broken phase or neutral.

    Open up the sockets, see can you find a poor connection perhaps one has popped out. Be careful though turn off power 1st


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    beanie10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 466 ✭✭beanie10


    Turn off every breaker and turn them back on, somtimes a breaker can trip but the switch is still up.


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    dararyder
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭dararyder


    Thanks a million.

    It was a loose wire in one of the sockets after all. Followed your advice and had it fixed it 10 minutes. Cheers.

    Dara


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    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    If one wire's loose, I would suggest that you turn off the power and check all of them as it says something about the quality of workmanship that was carried out!


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