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A loose wire I think - there is a section of the cable that has a bit of black tape around it because of a previous accident (last year) of running the lawnmower over the power cable. :oops: Once I fixed that again, the lawnmower worked fine for about 10 mins then just stopped working again. I...

There doesn't seem to be anything indicating the amps on that panel at all... I was hoping something might be written on the breaker (maybe the sides or back?) so that I would know that it would ok to swap a "heater" one for the "sockets"! I guess I'll find out soon enough :)

Thanks for all the replies. I'll see if I can easily swap an existing breaker over and if not, or that doesn't work, I think a new board is the better option - especially since the existing one is likely 30-ish years old!

Ok, thanks for that clarification. Just had another thought though - since there are two "heater" breakers that I have no idea what they are used for, could I take one of them out and replace it in the "sockets" breaker?

Does that mean that there is no newer version equivalent of those breakers that I could put in instead or would that be ill-advised due to compatibility etc., and a new board would be needed?

Just tried this but still no joy, sadly... If I needed to replace the MCB for the "Sockets" any idea what I would specifically need to buy?

The house is about 30 years old and since I never even noticed that box until this morning, I'm guessing it's the original box. If I turn off the "lights" one, the lights go out (and came back on again.) Genuinely no idea what the two "heater" switches control since I'm not aware of any heaters...

Hi. Ok, so despite being in this house for 7 years, I've just checked the garage and found another circuit breaker! :eek: This one had the "sockets" switch in the off/down position so I have now put that back up (as per the image below.) However, lights are still coming on but sockets still...

Hi. The garage switch is showing down in the photo because I had the front panel of the socket off earlier, checking for a fuse. When it is back in the ON position there is no power getting through but the lights are working

I can't see anything like that... Here's what the box looks like if it helps.

Hi. My lawnmower recently caused the plug socket in the garage to trip and when I flipped the circuit breaker switch back on - which seems to control both the garage lights and the power socket - the lights are working fine but the power to the socket isn't working anymore. I have a chest...