Hi guys.

I posted a while ago – I can’t find it now – about my fuse box and how the little switcher kept popping out. It was on Kitchen and everytime that I pushed back in, it would pop out again. Then, my toilet started doing the same, so it would be ok for a while then a couple of hours later the switcher would pop again. It was over Christmas and I was traveling, so I couldn’t find anyone available to do it and I was also going away for 2 and a half months. So, I came back home and now, the lights in the living room are totally gone – I never turn them on as I have an uplighter! – And the bizarre thing is that I pushed the switch back in and now it stays in there, it doesn’t pop out anymore, but the lights in the living room are gone and the kitchen was long gone anyway.

I know it’s confusing, I am just wondering if it’s something simple that I could fix myself, as the whole thing is very odd.

Thanks everyone.

Sound like a job for an electrician to me.

I had a do with our electrics where they would go off but only in the bottom half of the house and on certain sockets etc. lights were still on but couldn't get the boiler to turn on for hot water etc. We don't have a shower yet so with two toddlers, nightmare. Mr was working away so his boss sent someone from his electrical company to sort it. It was rusty/old/knackered wires in general cutting out power all over the place and needed the floors taking up - but we got half the house rewired for free

Definitely sounds like an electrician job. Don't you have to use one nowadays anyway?

So, it couldn't be just like a fuse in the fuse box that is gone..

er, yeah that would still be an electrician job for me I'm afraid

The switchers you mention are presumably the circuit breaker trips (RCCB); or is it the RCD being the trip that usually cuts off all the power circuits. Either way I would be concerned. The trips are supposed to go when the circuit is overloaded perhaps by a defective appliance or if you get a short circuit between negative and positive. They act the same as a wired fuse. The fault could be due to defective wiring and therefore potentially dangerous in terms of shock and causing a fire. Another possibility is a defective fuseboard and trip mechanisms. Also it is not unknown for a mouse to get into a consumer/fuse board and blow a circuit by shorting out negative and positive or to nibble cable in the roof or under floors with the same effect.
I would strongly advise having the wiring tested by an electrician. Whilst Part P of the Building Regs allows you to do a certain amount yourself, it is inadvisable to tinker with mains power uinless you have some experience and know exactly what you are doing. Often one trip occasionally going can be traced to plugging in a defective appliance or maybe a light bulb blowing but if you have a problem all over the house it is more likely something to do with the wiring or fuseboard.