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cheers thats, that's exactly what i was thinking.

I remember back in college, a mate of mine descovered how to blow up capacitors for the first time... He ran 2 long wires to a capacitor underneath someone's seat. Back at his desk he had the cap connected the wrong way then half way through class he turned on the psu! hahahaha college days !

pfff!

Phone charger wouldn't supply enough current and is usually onlt about 4.5V. It really depends on how much current your device uses and how the batteries are arranged. ie parallel/series. At a guess Id say series, giving you a voltage of 9V. Buy yourself an AC adaptor capable of supplying 9V...

I was told that a shaver socket has an inbuilt isolating transformer to prevent electric shock. But surely if someone touched Live and Neutral at the same time, at the socket outlet, they would get a shock? Can someone explain... thanks..

If your voltage stick lights up at the accessories but they don't actually work then you have a disconnected neutral. From what you say, it sounds like the neutral was loose and then has eventually burnt off from its connection. Also, if none of your accessories are working then it sounds like...

thanks! that sounds right to me!

Thanks for the replies. Yes, Berkeman, the 5A is at the distribution board. I was thinking along the same lines as yourself, about the metal short just after the bulb blew However, with the bulb hanging down, any loose metal would have fallen onto just glass. I know this has happened to other...

Hi, can anyone explain this: last night i switched on the hall light and the light blew. but it also blew the 5A fuse back at the dis board. My question is, why ? Ive heard this happen before but when someone asked why, i couldn't explain it...