why wont my wall sockets work?

Hi Clint , all sockets in a house hold must by law be on what we call a ring main , hence mains coming from the fuse box to each socket in turn and then return back to the fuse box , therefor if you have two sockets on a wall , one on the left and one on the right, if the wire between the two sockets break , they will both still work , if there is only a single cable then the socket on the right will not work

jim
January 2010

If there is only one set of connections on the back the socket is faulty and will need replacing.

Adam
January 2010