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<blockquote data-quote="RoryL" data-source="post: 488769" data-attributes="member: 32003"><p>Hi,</p><p> </p><p> I'm afraid I know little to nothing about electrical things, but basically, I unscrewed a number of plug sockets in my house prior to decorating, and everything was fine. Then the other day after I finished the painting, I turned the main trip-switch off while screwed the sockets back into their boxes and when I turned the main trip switch back on, discovered I now have no power to any sockets in the house.</p><p> </p><p> The light swicthes in the house are working fine, and all of the trip switches on the main box are set in the correct positions - 'up' including the one labelled 'sockets' and nothing is tripping when I put the main switch on. But as I say, no power to any socket in the house.</p><p> </p><p> I went back along the four sockets I had reaffixed to see if any wires had been dislodged and they all look fine.</p><p> </p><p> I don't know if this is relevant but the only other thing to mention is that on the main trip-switch box by the entrance door that I'm talking about, among the row of standard blocks with switches, there is a block that has a lever with a button above it. The lever sits naturally in the one o'clock position and pulls down to the five o'clock position. When I pull that lever down and hold it there, the power to the sockets comes on. The lever seems to be sprung loaded so if I let go it just springs back to its up - one o'clock position., and the sockets lose power again. The button above it doesn't seem to do anything.</p><p> </p><p> Any advice as to the likely cause and remedy of this situation would be much appreciated.</p><p> </p><p> Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoryL, post: 488769, member: 32003"] Hi, I'm afraid I know little to nothing about electrical things, but basically, I unscrewed a number of plug sockets in my house prior to decorating, and everything was fine. Then the other day after I finished the painting, I turned the main trip-switch off while screwed the sockets back into their boxes and when I turned the main trip switch back on, discovered I now have no power to any sockets in the house. The light swicthes in the house are working fine, and all of the trip switches on the main box are set in the correct positions - 'up' including the one labelled 'sockets' and nothing is tripping when I put the main switch on. But as I say, no power to any socket in the house. I went back along the four sockets I had reaffixed to see if any wires had been dislodged and they all look fine. I don't know if this is relevant but the only other thing to mention is that on the main trip-switch box by the entrance door that I'm talking about, among the row of standard blocks with switches, there is a block that has a lever with a button above it. The lever sits naturally in the one o'clock position and pulls down to the five o'clock position. When I pull that lever down and hold it there, the power to the sockets comes on. The lever seems to be sprung loaded so if I let go it just springs back to its up - one o'clock position., and the sockets lose power again. The button above it doesn't seem to do anything. Any advice as to the likely cause and remedy of this situation would be much appreciated. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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