Any UK electrician's here?

[Minty]

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

To be honest mate, the light bulb end is most likely, is it a pendent type fitting? i.e. Bulb holder hanging via a wire:-

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I can't remember without looking. I don't think there's a pendent as I managed to "bayonet it in" without it swaying around. I think it's closer to the ceiling. I'll have to go downstairs and look.

[Minty]

Yea like minty said check it all but If you weren’t hanging off the light when it blew it’s more probable to be the switch as that’s the point when the bulb and trip happened , then no light comes on after the fact, saying to me that no power it making its way from switch to light .. to test this theory just turn power off and swap the wires from light to fan and fan to the light switch .4 screws 4 wires ... Na get somone dude lights are the only thing in a house that’s not straight forward as they sound

The bathroom light still works, and that is within those 3 lights. I haven't tested the fan as we rarely use it. I'll do it tomorrow - just in case the fucker pops again.

[Minty]

Yea like minty said check it all but If you weren’t hanging off the light when it blew it’s more probable to be the switch as that’s the point when the bulb and trip happened , then no light comes on after the fact

My thinking is old skool mate, the bulb blowing, tripped the electrics in the first place, @The Aspie Toker changed said bulb while stoned and pretty much monkey swinging on the pendant while replacing the faulty bulb. Happens all the time mate ;o)

@The Aspie Toker is your fitting actually a Pendent type like my pic mate? These are mostly 're-fitted' without the correct 'wire-swing' to actually capture the load (@Hydro will know what I mean)?

[Minty]

My main thinking is the bulb tripped the electric so what did you break after that ;O)

[MrNice]

Yea like minty said check it all but If you weren’t hanging off the light when it blew it’s more probable to be the switch as that’s the point when the bulb and trip happened , then no light comes on after the fact, saying to me that no power it making its way from switch to light .. to test this theory just turn power off and swap the wires from light to fan and fan to the light switch .4 screws 4 wires ... Na get somone dude lights are the only thing in a house that’s not straight forward as they sound

The bathroom light still works, and that is within those 3 lights. I haven't tested the fan as we rarely use it. I'll do it tomorrow - just in case the fucker pops again.

aspie chk wat you call the socket for a broken wire TURN OFF THE POWER AS I KNOW WHAT YA LIKE to be safe
Ie socket is called a light Pendant................ my guess thats where the fault is

[Minty]

I don't think there's a pendent as I managed to "bayonet it in" without it swaying around. I think it's closer to the ceiling. I'll have to go downstairs and look.

If it is this type mate then it is most likely the switch as unlikely you would have disturbed the wires:-

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[Minty]

TURN OFF THE POWER AS I KNOW WHAT YA LIKE

Just put ya old Aspie Suit on ;O)

[MrNice]

I don't think there's a pendent as I managed to "bayonet it in" without it swaying around. I think it's closer to the ceiling. I'll have to go downstairs and look.

If it is this type mate then it is most likely the switch as unlikely you would have disturbed the wires:-

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Those bloody things can twist around...........

[Minty]

The bathroom light still works, and that is within those 3 lights.

This rules out the common wire (i.e. the feed to the switch) so I would say either a blown switch (unlikely) or a monkey swing on a pendant fitting - the terminals on them fuckers are shit! literally unscrew themselves ;O)

[Minty]

Those bloody things can twist around.

Fair point mate, twist round and pull the wires out...