This is just plain weird?

Question

My bathroom light just blew and I thought it was only that one, but, none of the lights are working now, but the computer and the TV are.

Does anybody know whats happened or how to fix it?

Thanks

Answer 1

It's the fuse for the lights - look for your fusebox, if it's a reasonable new fusebox, there will probably be one switch that has "tripped" and all you have to do is push it back up.

It'd be wise to get someone to have a look soon to find out why it tripped.

Answer 2

The lighting circuit is a different circuit from the ring main circuit. ie the circuit that carries power to your wall sockets.
Sometimes when a bulb blows the burnt filament within the bulb can by chance land in such a way that it fuses the lighting circuit.
What you need to do now is:
1. Remove all the bulbs that happened to be on at the moment of the fusing. Take a look at these bulbs to see if there is any obvious signs that one of them could be the blown bulb and put it aside.
2. Repair the fuse of the lighting circuit or If you have an RCD device on your consumer box you will just need to flick the switch for the lighting circuit. All the circuits should be clearly marked.
3. Now replace each of the other bulbs, one at a time mind, and switch that light on, if it lights up and not fuse the circuit then that bulb is OK. Now try the others in the same way. If all bulbs light up and not fuse the circuit then the suspect bulb that you put aside is the culprit. Dispose of it and replace it.
If this does not solve the problem then it is possible that a cable or a connection is faulty and you will need to get an electrician in.
Hope this is of help.

Answer 3

you have blown the fuse for your lighting ring...first replace the Lightbulb.

You have a fuse box (or a distribution panel) somewhere in the house, usually near the front door in a cupboard (or sometimes under the stairs)

you will either have fuse blocks (in older panels) or Switchable power breakers, in the latter its a simple case of finding the one that has tripped (turned itself off) and switch it back on. If the breaker fails to reset or blows again there is a problem with the wiring and you may have to call an engineer out to find the fault.

If your distribution panel has Fuse Blocks, it is important to switch the power off at the main switch before removing a fuse block.

Fuse blocks are colour coded or labeled (or there is often a Key)
usually red for sockets and white (or cream) for lighting circuits.


fuse blocks are a little more difficult as they have a piece of wire that acts as a fuse, this needs to be replenished and often there will be a spool or card with replacement fuse wire. There are 2 different thicknesses of wire, the thicker is for sockets, the thinner is for lighting cicuits, these should not be confused as damage can occur if the wrong wire is used.

when replacing fuse wire, wrap the corresponding gauge fuse wire around the terminal loops of the fuse block ensuring to ONLY bridge the gap between the terminals with 1 length only (this acts as the fuse) secure the terminal clips or terminal screws accordingly.

Answer 4

The lighting in your house is on a diffrent circuit from the mains supply, it uses a lot less power.

You have more than likely tripped out the fuse board so you need to reset it.

Go to the fuseboard and you'll probably notice that one of the switches is in a diffrent position to the rest, you just push it to the same position as the others.

If you have an older fuseboard, you will need to replace the fuse wire which will have blown so you have to pull out the 5 amp fuse block and have a look at the thin wire in there, is it broken?
You need some 5amp fuse wire to replace it with, it has to be clamped in between the two terminals using the little screws.

If this keeps blowing you need an electrician because fuses are there to save you being electrocuted from a wiring fault, if it keeps blowing you need to get the fault sorted quick.

Answer 5

I had a similar problem not too long ago. After an exhaustive search, I found that the breaker and the breaker box somehow lost a good connection and the small sparks in the box ate away at the breaker box itself. This was causing shorts on that breaker and also the ones above and below and were making my lights burn out prematurely, a sizzling sound from the switch and eventually no lights at all. My advice is to shut off the main breaker and check all of your breakers. If you have room in the box, buy a new breaker and place it in another slot. If not, you might have to buy a whole new breaker box. Either way, good luck.

Answer 6

Well, it seems like something (probably the bathroom light?) is in a short-circuit and it made your aparment/house fusebox turn off itself to prevent a fire. As others have said, you will probably notice one of the interruptors in a different position.
Try to turn it back on. If the lights go out again, that means that there's indeed a short-circuit problem.

If the switch turns back to the off position, leave it like that and call an electrical expert. If you really need to use something electrical, turn the power back everywhere except in the bathroom, since the problem seems to be located there.

Answer 7

if changing the fuse or resetting the breaker dosen't fix your problem have someone that knows what they are doing tighten all the lug screws (they hold the wires to the breaker or fuse and the ground bar) cause over time the wires will expand and contract from heating up and cooling down causing the lug screws to work loose causing power loss. If you don't know about eletrical leave things alone otherwise you could come to the end of your days VERY,VERY quickly.

Answer 8

Your bulb has gone and in the process it has tripped the switch in the consumer unit. It happens to me. Switch the electricity off, insert a new lightbulb and then switch the electricity back on and reset the lighting switch in the consumer unit. Your computer and TV still work because they are on a different circuit to the lights.

Answer 9

The breaker which feeds the lighting circuit in your house has tripped or the fuse if it's a little older has blown.

You will need to reset the breaker or replace the fuse at the distribution board.

Answer 10

The fuse to the lights is on a different circuit to your sockets look in your fuse box and replace the five amp fuse wire for your lights.

Answer 11

You need to check the fuse box, change the bulb first or it will just blow again.

Normally you can just put the switch back into position and everything is OK.

Your computer is on the ring main..different fuse but same box.