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When we had our consumer unit changed we had the same thing. The lights and sockets in one of the lofts didn’t work. Thankfully I called the sparks back out as when he investigated the loft there were loads of faults with the way it was wired up. Just because it worked before doesn’t mean it wasn’t dodgy, just nothing had happened.
Chaley
Thank you, super useful. I think I'm asking if this is one of those 'you can do it if you're careful' things or if it's a 'no get someone in' type situation. It is >1m from the unit, but I've no idea how the cable gets from the socket to the consumer unit - it's hidden from view - but the cable in the understairs bit definitely relates to the socket, because it used to work then didn't once it was disconnected. I'd 'just' be reconnecting it.
The electrician I hired didn't connect the socket because he said he didn't know what it was for - I didn't have anything plugged into it at the time so I didn't notice.