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Wall sockets not working

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  • 20-11-2018 9:51pm
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    ceekay74
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭


    Hi, anyone know what could have happened to my wall sockets? There's no tripped switch in the fuse box.

    There was a microwave plugged in and yesterday it lost power for a while but it came back.

    Now there's no power coming to the sockets. It's a normal double wall socket.


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    #2
    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    How many Sockets are affected?

    21/25



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    #3
    ceekay74
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭ceekay74


    Just 2.


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    ceekay74 wrote: »
    Just 2.

    Are you sure it is not a faulty appliance? Can you test these sockets with something else like a lamp?


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    ceekay74
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭ceekay74


    Yeah I'm sure. Have tested the microwave in other sockets, it's fine. Nothing works when plugged into these sockets.


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    doolox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭doolox


    ....it could be a loose wire at the back of the socket.

    If you are in anyway doubtful of how to proceed, get an electrician to check the supply wires, socket and connections from the consumer unit to the back of the socket.

    Electrical supplies consist of three wires, Brown is the live wire from the supply, Blue is called neutral and is the return path of the supply, Green yellow is a protective earth. All three wires are needed to make a proper circuit.

    You will get nothing working if the brown or Blue wires are loose.

    You will get a working system if the green wire is loose but this is very dangerous because the trips may not work if a device connected to the socket develops a fault. A person could be electrocuted if the device is faulty and the trip switch does not disconnect the mains current because the protective earth is loose.

    This is why you need an electrician to sort out the problem and make sure everything is OK.

    The earth wire is especially important with metal devices or working outdoors etc.


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    brightspark
    Registered Users Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    The wires may also be loose in another socket earlier in the circuit that could still be working, though dangerous (risk of overheating/fire).


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    ceekay74
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭ceekay74


    Thank you for that information doolux! Is there any danger in leaving the socket unused and waiting a while before getting it looked at?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    ceekay74 wrote: »
    Thank you for that information! Is there any danger in leaving the socket unused and waiting a while before getting it looked at?

    Yes loose cables can at worst go on fire.


    Get it checked but if possible don't use affected ones.


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    ceekay74
    Registered Users Posts: 634 ✭✭✭ceekay74


    brightspark wrote:
    The wires may also be loose in another socket earlier in the circuit that could still be working, though dangerous (risk of overheating/fire).


    Thanks guys. I'll have to get someone out to check it out so.


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