I've Just Turned On The Living Room Light.............

[craft1948]

and all the lights have gone out (it did make a quite loud fizzing noise).........what should I do next?

[snags]

Gin and candles?

[joeluke]

Call a sparky

[The Builder]

Go to your Consumer Unit and report back Crafters...............

[tonyav]

Where was the fizzing noise coming from crafty. ?

[craft1948]

What's a consumer unit?

[The Builder]

Fuse box Crafters................

[boxtops]

Go to your fuse box and see if the fuse has blown, if the switch has tripped.

[tonyav]

Your fuse box, crafty.

[Maydup]

Go to consumer unit, if one of the switches is up when all others are down, flick it back on. You'll probably find you've just got a bulb gone in the living room.

[The Builder]

psssssst Tony ......... we're on for a call-out charge here ;o)

[stewey]

The fizzing noise was the gas escaping.

[paddywak]

But switch off your room light before you reset, or you might be closing on a fault in which case it would just trip again

[tonyav]

You read my mind Builder lol.

[China Doll]

I'd just drink all the wine and wait til morning... You don't need lights to watch telly... Possibly not the more responsible solution though :c)

[craft1948]

the fuse box has a load of black rectangles and 1 white rectangle which pokes out (is this a good description?)

[tonyav]

Yep thats it crafty.

[craft1948]

Only the white rectangle has a switch on which is pointing upwards

[The Builder]

Crafty ............ have any of the black ones got white spots on them?

[craft1948]

Yes the first one has white spots

[The Builder]

Switch off at the big switch on the end and pull the white spotty one out for a look at the fuse