No 1st floor lights

[Phil004]

I had an intermittent fault where the RCD tripped, it started around 2 months ago after removing a light for decorating, however the RCD has reset for periods since. Last Friday it tripped and now won’t reset, the bulbs are all ok. We have had an electrician out today for a few hours to investigate/rectify but he couldn’t give a definitive answer after taking down all the fittings and separating the wires, What would the way ahead be??

Thanks for your help in advance

Phil

 

[rapparee]

You seriously need to get a different electrician.

You know the fault is due to a dodgey reconnection of a light fitting

Did he have any testers to put on the cables.

Or did he just poke about a bit

 

[rapparee]

Have you still no lights after he has been there for a few hours?!

 

[Phil004]

Thanks rapparee, still no lights. As he disconnected each one I attempted to reset the RCD, it didn’t reset. It only reset when all the wires were disconnected and separated down, trying to understand what may cause this issue

 

[Phil004]

he used a Mega tester and said it would appear that either the wire had been cut or damaged such as drilling/ screwing, not carried out any such work for over a year

 

[telectrix]

as rapparee said, you need to get an electrician who knows what he's doing.

 

[SparkySy]

Sounds like a neutral earth fault possibly, did you pull or pinch any wires when you removed and replaced the fitting for decorating that's where I'd start very carefully looking with the power off!

 

[rapparee]

he used a Mega tester and said it would appear that either the wire had been cut or damaged such as drilling/ screwing, not carried out any such work for over a year

You see when they were separated down. He should have been putting them back on one by one. Even if he was only able to restore half the lighting circuit. But to just leave.....

What's his plan to get it sorted.

 

[telectrix]

hope he didn't charge for failure.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Screwed or pinched cable fella