BillyfromConsett
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Hi All
We've had a power surge caused by lightning. It tripped the downstairs ring sockets MCB and also busted some of the kit connected to two downstairs sockets (sky Q box, xbox, router, AV amplifier) as well as the phone point. The problem it's left us with is no upstairs lights.
I've checked the lighting MCB in the consumer unit which didn't trip, and it works if used with the downstairs light circuit. It's got 240v coming out of it. There's 240v in the upstairs circuit, but not from live to neutral. That circuit measures nil volts. It's 240v from neutral to earth though! Any ideas what's happened to our upstairs lights circuit? Nothing trips in the consumer unit and all the MCB's are set to on. I don't know how the neutral wiring goes from the upstairs lights to the main neutral to the grid. Something shorted somewhere? a neutral wire came disconnected after the lightning?
Thanks for any advice
We've had a power surge caused by lightning. It tripped the downstairs ring sockets MCB and also busted some of the kit connected to two downstairs sockets (sky Q box, xbox, router, AV amplifier) as well as the phone point. The problem it's left us with is no upstairs lights.
I've checked the lighting MCB in the consumer unit which didn't trip, and it works if used with the downstairs light circuit. It's got 240v coming out of it. There's 240v in the upstairs circuit, but not from live to neutral. That circuit measures nil volts. It's 240v from neutral to earth though! Any ideas what's happened to our upstairs lights circuit? Nothing trips in the consumer unit and all the MCB's are set to on. I don't know how the neutral wiring goes from the upstairs lights to the main neutral to the grid. Something shorted somewhere? a neutral wire came disconnected after the lightning?
Thanks for any advice