if a/c is present as mentioned it sounds as though you you have an open curcuit neutral side and though its normally a short that trips mcbs an open could if you have rcd on your fuse board check ror a resistance in ohms by probing the input to the plug though the capacitor may block the dc from your meter which depends on the type of capacitor you were refering to in which case you would not get a reading in ohms do not atempt to mearsure resistance when voltage is present
                 dave
                
 July 2006