Perhaps your street is suffering a temporary interruption or fault:
- Contact your electricity company to confirm if there is an interruption.
- If you live in a townhouse or apartment, there may be an interruption or fault that affects the complex. Check with a neighbour to ascertain this. If the problem is complex-wide, please contact the property manager.
Perhaps the safety switch has been activated, re-set the safety switch in the safety switchboard/meter box. *Note if you call out an electrician and your appliance is at fault, you will be invoiced for the call-out.
Perhaps one of your appliances is faulty (for example, your fridge, kettle or lamp).
Perhaps one of your appliances is faulty (for example, your fridge, kettle or lamp).
- Turn off the power points and unplug all the appliances inside the
house/apartment. - Reset the safety switch in the safety switchboard/meter box.
- Plug in the fridge (or other appliance) and turn on the powerpoint.
- If the safety switch clicks off again, you know the problem is the appliance, which needs repair.
- If not, test another appliance in the same manner.
- If not, check the appliance in another powerpoint to ascertain if the issue is with the appliance or with the power point.
- Perhaps a light bulb has blown (check other lights & power appliances). Replace a bulb and try the light again.