Lamps in my house not working need advice

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Kadav

Joined May 11, 2018
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Hello. I tried to put a lamp in a lamp socket and it didnt work made some sort of circuit breaking. And all the lamps seem not to be working . It looks like some fuse that comnects to the lamps is switched off. Id love to show you my fuse set so that you could advise me thanks.
 

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digsys

Joined Jun 27, 2018
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Your description is pretty vague ... IF you mean (everything was working - then I replaced ONE lamp and the circuit breaker / fuse tripped) - then
You either have a bad lamp, a bad lamp socket or have over loaded the circuit.
If that is a re-settable fuse / breaker, then - remove the lamp, press the reset button and check if the rest are still working.
If it is indeed a fuse, then you'll need to get at least 2+ and run the above test. The reason you'll need 2+, is if you blow it again when you plug-in
the suspect lamp. Easy huh :)
 

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Kadav

Joined May 11, 2018
158
Your description is pretty vague ... IF you mean (everything was working - then I replaced ONE lamp and the circuit breaker / fuse tripped) - then
You either have a bad lamp, a bad lamp socket or have over loaded the circuit.
If that is a re-settable fuse / breaker, then - remove the lamp, press the reset button and check if the rest are still working.
If it is indeed a fuse, then you'll need to get at least 2+ and run the above test. The reason you'll need 2+, is if you blow it again when you plug-in
the suspect lamp. Easy huh :)
OK here is my description once again , one of my lamps wasnt working , and when i was on my way changing the lamp , the circuit breaker/ fuse tripped as your saying, and all of the sudden all the lamps in my house were not working , meaning that its a problem on the circuit breaker i guess. but i think with AC circuit breaker when the fuse shuts down , you put it back again not like with dc where the fuse blows (but that is my thoughts) , i have shown you the pictures of my circuit breaker and i would love to hear some advices from you . thanks very much for your help
a little notice is that all my AC pluggin sockets on the wall are working only the lamps arent ,.(i am living in 1 set house meaning bedroom and bathroom all in one room not a DJ kalhed suite)
 

digsys

Joined Jun 27, 2018
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... meaning that its a problem on the circuit breaker i guess.
... i think with AC circuit breaker when the fuse shuts down , you put it back again not like with dc where the fuse blows
... a little notice is that all my AC pluggin sockets on the wall are working only the lamps arent ...
OK good so far. It is a proper "re-settable breaker" and not a fuse, so a LOT easier and safer to diagnose.
NOTE: You can have a fuse OR breaker on BOTH AC and DC. There are reasons why both are used, but that's another story :)
The problem is NOT with the breaker - as I said above - either "bad lamp, a bad lamp socket or have over loaded the circuit."
So now you have to be a detective ... plug the lamp into a working lamp socket ie swap, then the "good" lamp into the suspect socket.
See how that goes, and we can then move to the next step.
 

MisterBill2

Joined Jan 23, 2018
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What I think I see in the second photo are fuse holders, not circuit breakers. If that is the case then grasping the top and pulling a bit should swing the holder and fuse out so that the fuse can be replaced. You don't mention what part of the world you are in and so I am not certain about it, but that is what it looks like to me. It may also be that the first device is a circuit breaker that needs to be reset by switching to the off position and then back to the on position.
 

Externet

Joined Nov 29, 2005
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The first picture says differential circuit breaker in french, for a surprisingly low current, perhaps is the differential value as also mentions 15 to 45A .
 

MisterBill2

Joined Jan 23, 2018
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The first picture says differential circuit breaker in french, for a surprisingly low current, perhaps is the differential value as also mentions 15 to 45A .
A "differential circuit breaker" sounds a whole lot like a ground fault circuit interrupter. Those devices are well known to trip with very little provocation. So perhaps that device should also be reset. My knowledge of the French language is very poor, so I had no clue on that photo. And I still suspect that the other positions are fuse holders.

I hesitate to suggest any additional diagnostic procedures because if folks don't know how to avoid the hazards they could easily be killed. NOT what I want to happen to somebody following my advice. Many diagnostic short-cuts can be dangerous if not done exactly right.
 
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