Help! Our downstairs lights aren't working at all!

[bigTillyMint]

In the past, if this happened, we took out our ancient fuse thing from the fuse board and replaced the fuse wire and put it back. But we had a new Fuse Board or whatever they are called installed over a year ago and have no idea how to check where the problem is. It was definitely all working last night, and I think this morning.

Any ideas? It's just 2 ceiling lights in the sitting room and one in the hall. The kitchen lights are fine
TIA

Has your 'Fuse Board' got on/off switches? If so, have a look and see if any of them are in the off position and turn them on. Probably, you had a lightbulb blow.

photo of your consumer unit ("fusebox") please with the flap open.

What sort of bulbs do you have on this circuit?

Thanks! DH flicked a switch that seemed to have tripped and hey presto, they are back on!

The bulbs are those long life ones. I think one of them in the sitting room light must have gone?

that's good.

I was going to say that the old-fashioned bulbs with filaments, especially spotlights but also the less common varieties such as chandeliers, are prone to tripping breakers as there is a momentary overload when the filament vapourises.

Energy-saving and LED lamps are much less likely to do that.