Exactly. Check to see if it is on the socket circuit.
It may have been supplied from a different circuit, such as an immersion circuit for example.
A 1990s house is likely to have chipboard floors, and electricians avoid getting these up - so don't waste too much time looking for junction boxes under floors. You may be able too see if a board has been lifted at some time, or a hatch cut into the floor.
Have you looked for a junction box in the loft?
Even if the loft seems far away from the accessory in question, it's amazing what an electrician will do to avoid lifting chipboard floors.
The consumer unit is another place where power can be tapped off from.
Anything in the bathroom that could supply it? Anything under the bath tub? Whirlpools were all the rage in the 90s.
Or you may have a FCU somewhere that supplies the socket in question, possibly wired up wrongly with it's fuse removed which could perhaps cause the fault you describe. Clutching at straws here, but stranger things have happened.
It may have been supplied from a different circuit, such as an immersion circuit for example.
A 1990s house is likely to have chipboard floors, and electricians avoid getting these up - so don't waste too much time looking for junction boxes under floors. You may be able too see if a board has been lifted at some time, or a hatch cut into the floor.
Have you looked for a junction box in the loft?
Even if the loft seems far away from the accessory in question, it's amazing what an electrician will do to avoid lifting chipboard floors.
The consumer unit is another place where power can be tapped off from.
Anything in the bathroom that could supply it? Anything under the bath tub? Whirlpools were all the rage in the 90s.
Or you may have a FCU somewhere that supplies the socket in question, possibly wired up wrongly with it's fuse removed which could perhaps cause the fault you describe. Clutching at straws here, but stranger things have happened.
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