Electrical appliances which work in France generally also work in Switzerland. But while most French electrical supply is 220V, some is only 110V. In Switzerland it is 220 to 230 V . This may have caused a short circuit. If you are lucky, you just need to replace some fuses, if you are not lucky, then it "burnt" some of your equipment. I suggest that you contact an electrician who can check your stuff
Even with an adapter, my US bought hair dryer continually blew fuses at the home in my m-i-l as where I used it was on the same circuit as her kitchen. If she somehow missed I was drying my hair and turned on the microwave or if the fridge cycled, the whole kitchen and bathroom went dark.
Soooo... for everything you can, get local replacements (I realize some things are "too" expensive to want to replace) , it will save a lot of hassle in the long run.
Such also can happen inside a country. I still remember our model railways. I on Christmas got nice add-ons from my Godfather in Geneva, but in January, mum had to purchase fuses by the dozen as it was too much for our small transformer. Dad one day spoke with a colleague, who had been electrician back in Russia, who swiflty concluded "you need a more powerful transformer. Mum called my Godfather and within a few days a big monstrum of a transformer arrived from Geneva, and the whole thing was solved
It really is NOT necessary to buy local appliances when the originals are from the UK or France. Aside from the plug (and 110V French appliances, which frankly I've not seen for years), there is no difference between a hairdryer bought in Barnsley, Bordeaux or Bern.
Do you mean that some of the wall sockets don't apear to be working anymore rather than the actual appliences?
If it's the wall sockets, there is a little querk about Swiss plug sockets that baffled me for ages until a Swiss friend shed light on it.
It is very common that on the wall clusters of 3 sockets, one of the sockets - usually the bottom right one - seems to work one day & is then seems dead the next.
It is in fact linked to the main light switch in the room, this being so you can plug in a standing lamp or a table lamp & use the main light switch to opperate it.
Therefore, if you don't know about this, every time you use the main light switch to turn on/off the main light, you are turning on/off the power to whatever you have plugged into that particular socket as well.
I thought I was going mad due to it until it was explained!
I second Leafy. If the appliances work and not the sockets then I would recommend calling an electrician, you can call your landlord and if it is a company they will call for you (and like mine even cover the costs), they will then come and check if electricity is flowing or not. Just be careful, we had some simialr problems only to find out we had a short circuit and almost burnt the house down (Thank God for retardants)!
Is it definitely the socket that's not working, and not a problem with the adapter? Most adapters are rated quite low (e.g. the adapter next to me has a 2.5 amp fuse).
If you've tried using something with a high current draw (e.g. a hairdryer) then the fuse in the adapter might blow.
UK appliance - > UK:France Adaptor ->Swiss Socket?
It might be that the larger diameter pins of the french euopean plug on your adapter have forced open the contacts in the Swiss scoket as the swiss pins are narrow. Then they may not make proper contact again.
In addition to this, it's very cheap, usually (but not always) quick and easy to swap in a CH plug for a FR/GB/DE one. The other half got some for 2 CHF a go (choice of black or white plug!) and has merrily converted a few of our appliances already....
Get yourself an electrician's screwdriver, one that has a little neon light in the handle - it will glow when there is a voltage present. Then you can test your sockets in relative safety before changing lamps and other electrical stuff. It's a good alternative to licking your finger and touching the sockets