[Misc] Electrics help please - lighting circuit, circuit breaker

[Notters]

Hi All,

Our lighting circuit break on our electrical box tripped this afternoon (of course immediately before the Bank Holiday weekend).

The switch won't stay up if you try to reset it. I've made sure all the lights are switched off around the house but no luck. I've got our (excellent) electrician booked in for Tuesday but wondered if there is anything else I could try before that?

Thanks!

 

[Weststander]

Assuming it’s a consumer unit with a load of trip switches, could you manually turn them all off, then by trial and error turn individual ones on and then the main switch? To identify which one is causing the trip.

If successful, leaving the rogue trip switch off until the sparks visits on Tuesday.


Also:
https://www.aspect.co.uk/blog/an-electricians-guide-on-how-to-fix-a-tripped-fuse/

 

[Bry Nylon]

This job has an estimated duration of between 4 and 6 minutes.

 

[Weststander]

This job has an estimated duration of between 4 and 6 minutes.

Plus a faux trip to the factors “to get materials” (in reality a lay-in, followed by a relaxed trip to a workman’s cafe), with VAT = £558.

 

[beorhthelm]

could be a knackered bulb, remove one by one to find the faulty one (even though turn off... you'll feel like you've tried something). or, could be something wired wrongly into the light circuit, look for anything not on that should be.

 

[knocky1]

Blown bulbs used to flip ours in last house with new box.

 

[Notters]

Assuming it’s a consumer unit with a load of trip switches, could you manually turn them all off, then by trial and error turn individual ones on and then the main switch? To identify which one is causing the trip.

If successful, leaving the rogue trip switch off until the sparks visits on Tuesday.


Also:
https://www.aspect.co.uk/blog/an-electricians-guide-on-how-to-fix-a-tripped-fuse/

No it is just the lighting one

 

[Notters]

could be a knackered bulb, remove one by one to find the faulty one (even though turn off... you'll feel like you've tried something). or, could be something wired wrongly into the light circuit, look for anything not on that should be.

Have tried this but no luck.

 

[Justice]

To many variables on lighting circuits without test equipment, if you have bathroom fans and hopefully they have isolator switches try turning them off as also connected to the lighting circuit.

 

[Weststander]

Have you tried turning some of the thingamajig’s?

 

[Jahooli]

Have tried this but no luck.

Try a similar approach with the switches, one by one. I had one that welded itself shut. Might not be the problem but it was in my case. The bulb was still ok remarkably. Good luck.