Help Please I Have No Electricity

[bobbie22]

Help please. What can I do?

[emmie]

phone up your council as its an emergency, do you have their number.
where are you based?

[davebro]

Probably a short term power cut - are your neighbours off too?

Ring the power line company. Here it's Western Power 0800 6783 105

[emmie]

if your phone is on the electricity have you a mobile where you can call the council.

[bobbie22]

Torquay. It’s so early

[emmie]

there is always an emergency line, give them a ring.

[DTCwordfan]

Torquay hasn't paid it's tricity bill.....there are storms around I believe. so it's probably a short term outage.

[bobbie22]

Yes I only have a mobile but that ok. It’s my fault there no power. I was ill in bed and I tipped a glass of water over the socket near my bed

[emmie]

The main switchboard is 01803 201201

[DTCwordfan]

Western Power are showing that there has been a cut in TQ13 0PH, TQ13 0PJ, TQ13 0JJ, TQ13 0PP, TQ13 0EE - estimated back on at 08.30....

[davebro]

just call 105

[bobbie22]

I don’t know if anyone has power around me. It’s a bit early to be ringing neighbours

[bobbie22]

Thanks for your help. Will try those numbers. X

[emmie]

ring the number i listed, it does say Torbay, but there must be an emergency line, all councils have them. Mine does, just ring that number and see what happens.

[DTCwordfan]

Then you need to get to your fuse box and see if anything has tripped there which it most likely has...if the main switch refuses to go on then you need an electrician out to dry everything out - or wait

[emmie]

trouble is if the power goes off for longer if Bobbie has a fridge freezer it could start defrosting.

[DTCwordfan]

Western Power: call 0800 6783 105

[bobbinwales]

Just need to flick the fuse switch. The power still works so not an electricity board problem, it's there still but needs turning back on

[emmie]

can you access the fuse box bobbie.... do as dtc, bobb suggest

[bobbie22]

I have western power. They are coming here soon. Thanks for all your help. I was asked to flip all the switches in the fuse box. But it didn’t do anything. X

[emmie]

good luck Bobbi, hopefully they will be out to you soon