Any UK electrician's here?

[Minty]

Anyone with electrical experience on here at all?

Last week I turned on the rear hallway light on, and it tripped the electrics to the house as well as the bulb.
I purchased another bulb today and replaced it with the blown bulb. It doesn't come on. It works in other sockets, so it's not the bulb. There are no tripped fuses, so what could be the problem?

Thank you.

[Hydro]

Check the wires in the socket and on the surface Patrice m8 .. sounds like a burn out switch to me

[Hydro]

Are you lights wired through the switches or through the lights

[Minty]

Check the wires in the socket and on the surface Patrice m8 .. sounds like a burn out switch to me

I was thinking it could be a lose wire, but not sure what end. I've no idea what a patrice is mate. Thank you though. Much appreciated.

[Minty]

Are you lights wired through the switches or through the lights

Not sure what you mean, mate. It's a house light. Bulb goes into a socket, and you flip a switch that's in the wall.

[Minty]

I'd start by checking that the connections have cables still in all of them. Sounds like a broken circuit.

House tripped when a bulb blew, you may have tugged on the pendant too hard and pulled one of the ends out?

Dunno though. Only way to tell is by being there and belling everytihgin out.

(not a euphemism BTW,,, 'belling out')

Get the landlord to get a sparky in dude.

It's a house light, mate. I doubt there will be cables, more like general wires. There are 3 switches on the wall. one light to turn on the bathroom light, one for the bathroom fan, and the final switch is for the rear hallway. I flicked both the bathroom light as well as the rear hallway light on at the same time (done it loads of times in the past) but this time it sent all of downstairs into darkness. It had tripped one of the fuses.

I don't want the landlady involved in case she wants the whole house checked. Can't have that as I'm growing in my bedroom. My mate is coming round this Saturday, and could ask him to do it. (I have Mr. Magoo's eyes with Frank Spenser's skills.)

[Hydro]

I was a sparky by trade buddy and in your light switch you’ll have 1 of 3 configurations either 2 thicker 1.5mm cables and a 1.0mm .. ie power and a switch live ,of you’ll have a single wire .. just a switch wire or if the light is controlled from 2 or more places you could also have a 3 core in there

[Hydro]

Pics would be helpful but in all honesty sounds like it’s either the light fitting or the switch at fault .. could buy a 240v detector wznd to bell it out for a couple of quid to see if powers actually at the point

[Minty]

I was a sparky by trade buddy and in your light switch you’ll have 1 of 3 configurations either 2 thicker 1.5mm cables and a 1.0mm .. ie power and a switch live ,of you’ll have a single wire .. just a switch wire or if the light is controlled from 2 or more places you could also have a 3 core in there

I've no idea without taking it off. As it's dark outside, I won't be attempting it tonight - just in case I trip it again.
Will I have to turn off the electric before attempting this? I guess I do, but want to check first.

Do you think it's at the switch end of things, or at the light bulb end?

[Hydro]

I’ll be about tomorrow buddy you welcome to pm me and I can try n walk you through it if I can m8