Hi,

Electrics are supposed to be simple. but perhaps it's me who is
simple.

We have a light fitting in the kitchen with 4 halogen bulbs. It is
controlled by 2 switches in parallel - one normal and one dimmer. It's
been working fine - every so often a bulb goes, trips the RCD, gets
replaced, and all continues working.

This time when one blew, it tripped the RCD, I reset the RCD and now
the light doesn't work at all. All other lights on the circuit work
OK. I have tightened all the wiring in the switches, and also the
fitting. A multimeter across the two contacts in each bulb housing
shows there is 240V getting to each one when the switch is on. I have
replaced every bulb with brand new ones. But still no light.

I have no idea where to go from here - surely if power is getting to
the bulbs then there can't be a wiring issue? Having said that I don't
know if the fact there's 240V there means there's enough *power*
there. I also noted that when the switch is off there is still about
25V across the contacts, but have no idea if this is normal.

Any ideas gratefully received

regards
-Rob