The power went off about 2.00 pm this afternoon. I checked the meter, no power going to it at all. Wasn't sure who to phone. Eventually rang Scottish Power. They gave me a phone number. I rang, on hold 12 minutes. They took all details, said no one else around here had a problem. Said an engineer will come but will phone me first. He rang about 20minutes later.
Had a few questions, it sounded like he was just a few houses away when he said he couldn't call on us as we were from a different supplier. But he would try over the phone. Asked me to look at fuse box. Nothing had tripped. Asked me to unplug every appliance which I did. Gave me another number to ring. Firstly I checked with neighbours, no one else had a problem. OH decided to look at fuse box. Main switch was showing as off. I didn't spot that. He switched it to on and everything came back on. No idea how main switch turned itself off. I had been using washing machine prior to it going off. I was worried about the freezer as I have been done with that before and lost everything about three times now. But we are back on now.
The circuit breakers in our homes are great for safety but can be a pain when they trip for no apparent reason or when a bulb goes and you don't know which bulb it is.....
As far as I know the washing machine finished its programme, I just noticed it had stopped. I hung the washing up. I'm starting to wonder if it did finish and I hung clothes up prematurely!!