Plug sockets

[yummymum]

Can anyone tell me if the fuse in plug socket is the same as in a plug?

[yummymum]

just told my uncle that one of the sockets in kitchen and he said its probably just a fuse??

[teash]

PMSL at this topic :)

[knobbynonuts]

Me to teash

[NORMANTHEDOG]

yes,some appliances in the kitchen have a blank socket with a fuse in it,but its quite a old way of doing things.

[almcd007]

Fused spurs are still the recomended way to isolate appliances such as cookers and underfloor heating and jacuzzi baths etc - but if it's a socket they do not have fuses - he may have meant the fuse in the appliance that has gone. Unless all your sockets are out on the same circuit i.e. the kitchen - then is may even be a wire come loose in the socket. Check the fusebox or consumer unit. Check the other sockets in the kitchen.

You could isolate the sockets in the kitchen first, remove the socket cover and see if any wires are loose - if so replace them and then turn the power back on. Only remove the socket when you are sure the power is off to that socket.

[yummymum]

to Teash and Kn*b thanks for the useless comments, much needed. To everyone else thanks for the advice, its just that one socket and its not the applicance as i already tested for this, if it was a fuse in the fuse box wouldnt a few of them have gone?

[almcd007]

If it's just one socket - it may be as I've said - the wiring to the socket. Sometimes they short and stop working but something else would have caused this.

Often just a wire works loose.

[teash]

MY post was meant in jest so no need to get your hair off at me, if your unsure of the problem call a qualified sparky out:)

[yummymum]

My hair is still on, dont you worry bout that! Dont get wht was so funny about me asking advice on something before i tried to fix it though, but never mind. Anyway i will try and sort it today....I might even manage to remember to turn the electric of first LOL but then being blonde and female and feeling the need to live upto expectations I may not.... Thanks again everyone

[knobbynonuts]

Same as me teash and I am a qualified spark

[knobbynonuts]

Sorry about that yum, norm the dog is wrong, it is not an old fashioned way its more modern that it ever has been to use a fused spur, and dont know where he got the idea of calling it a blank socket almcd was a bit more on the ball with his answer though.
Sometimes for some strange reason you can get one single socket in a house wired up to the fuse board on its own (and there are many reasons for this and the main one in the kitchen is that there has been an electrick cooker point there that has its own circuit and has been changed to a normal 13A socket ) so it could be the fuse has blown or tripped at the mains board,and as almcd007 also said a wire might have come loose inside the socket .
Sorry to ttp at first as but that sometimes is my immediate reaction sometimes.
Anyway I do not have enough info on what the prob is I need a few more details about the prob as sorry your quiestion was a bit basic, if you havent fixed it by now let us know and will try to help.

[yummymum]

i took the front of and there was a big burnt patch around the wires?? take it i need a new socket or is there more to it than that?

[knobbynonuts]

Sorry not to get back to you before yummymum but it sounds like what has happened that the wires inside the socket have come loose and have been arking and if you clean all the muk of the wires and make sure they are ok then yes all you need is another socket, but by now you have probbably fixed it.

[yummymum]

Thank you, no i havnt fixed it yet ive had so much to do that i keep forgetting.