beginner's electrical socket question
 

In one of the rooms in my house I have found that one of the two
electrical wall sockets in the pair does not appear to work at all.
Sorry to ask such a beginner's question but what is the best way to
diagnose/fix the problem?

Thanks for any help.

Raphael

In message ,
lesshaste writes
In one of the rooms in my house I have found that one of the two
electrical wall sockets in the pair does not appear to work at all.
Sorry to ask such a beginner's question but what is the best way to
diagnose/fix the problem?

Do you mean one of the two sockets in a double socket outlet? If so then
best thing to do is just replace it
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Chris French, Leeds

chris French wrote:
In message ,
lesshaste writes

In one of the rooms in my house I have found that one of the two
electrical wall sockets in the pair does not appear to work at all.
Sorry to ask such a beginner's question but what is the best way to
diagnose/fix the problem?

Do you mean one of the two sockets in a double socket outlet? If so then
best thing to do is just replace it

Yes that's it. I wasn't sure if replacing it would do the job. What
could have gone wrong?

Raphael

"lesshaste" wrote in message
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chris French wrote:
In message ,
lesshaste writes

In one of the rooms in my house I have found that one of the two
electrical wall sockets in the pair does not appear to work at all.
Sorry to ask such a beginner's question but what is the best way to
diagnose/fix the problem?

Do you mean one of the two sockets in a double socket outlet? If so then
best thing to do is just replace it

Yes that's it. I wasn't sure if replacing it would do the job. What
could have gone wrong?


At about £2 for a new double socket you will probably never know the answer.
If the socket was switched then blame the switch. Otherwise just blame old
age and forget about an autopsy.

Adam

Do you mean one of the two sockets in a double socket outlet? If so then
best thing to do is just replace it

Yes that's it. I wasn't sure if replacing it would do the job. What
could have gone wrong?

usually burnt out contacts within the sitching mechanism