Power Outage in One Room
All lights and sockets in a single room or area have stopped working while the rest of the house has power.
What Is Causing This?
- 1Tripped MCB for that specific circuit
- 2Loose connection in a junction box
- 3Damaged cable run to that area
How Urgent Is This?
This should be fixed in the coming weeks. Leaving it may allow the problem to worsen and cost more to repair.
What Needs to Be Done
An electrician will check the consumer unit, test the circuit, and trace the fault along the cable run. They will repair any loose connections or damaged wiring.
How Much Will It Cost?
National average estimate
Labour: £512 – £1,090 | Materials: £144 – £450
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How to Prevent This
Label your consumer unit so you can identify which circuit covers each room. Report any flickering or intermittent issues early before a full outage occurs.
Related Problems
A circuit breaker in the consumer unit keeps tripping, cutting power to part or all of the house.
One or more plug sockets have no power, even though the rest of the room works fine.
Lights flicker, dim, or flash intermittently, sometimes across multiple rooms.
Other Electrician Problems
Lights flicker, dim, or flash intermittently, sometimes across multiple rooms.
A circuit breaker in the consumer unit keeps tripping, cutting power to part or all of the house.
One or more plug sockets have no power, even though the rest of the room works fine.
A smell of burning plastic or scorching coming from a socket, sometimes with visible discolouration.