Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
So, a few weeks back, we ran into a snag. Every few hours, our house would just "turn off", like my wife if I were to show her a picture of Trump. But ONLY the electrical sockets.
This is great fun. Have you tried trouble shooting this? Its brilliant. It involves guessing. All. The. Time.
So, my wife's father used to be an electrician, and the advice we had was:
- Check for lose connections
- Open every socket and check for lose wiring.
- Open every plug possible and check for lose wiring.
- Unplug certain things, and see if it trips.
All this before we do the big guns, like replace the main RCB, or re-wire the whole house.
Anyway, you would think this would be a simple test, right? I mean, unplug the washer, and if it trips, hey, its not the washer. Good stuff.
But this is 2018, and we have about 17 and a half million plugs, including things like fridges and tropical fish tanks, that we can't just "turn off". Even worse, the wifi. Bugger me, have you tried living with a woman with no wifi? I would be put away within a few hours...
So the last few weeks have been a process of unplug that, wait for a day or two, and plug back in... Over... and over... and over...
And guess what? Still no fucking clue.
I *think* its my dish washer. Because that's the only thing on two weekends that wasn't in, when it didn't trip. So now that's out, while we wait for a trip... But there can be DAYS in-between trips.
We also thought it was the fish tank...
And the PS4...
And the xbox X...
And the PC...
And... FUCK IT...
Its like find a needle in a haystack. But the hay stack keeps moving. And you have no hands. And your balls are in toffee. And the ants are out. Because its summer.
Has anybody else had the pure utter bloody joy of trying to tackle electrical faults like this? Oh, its just marvellous!
This is great fun. Have you tried trouble shooting this? Its brilliant. It involves guessing. All. The. Time.
So, my wife's father used to be an electrician, and the advice we had was:
- Check for lose connections
- Open every socket and check for lose wiring.
- Open every plug possible and check for lose wiring.
- Unplug certain things, and see if it trips.
All this before we do the big guns, like replace the main RCB, or re-wire the whole house.
Anyway, you would think this would be a simple test, right? I mean, unplug the washer, and if it trips, hey, its not the washer. Good stuff.
But this is 2018, and we have about 17 and a half million plugs, including things like fridges and tropical fish tanks, that we can't just "turn off". Even worse, the wifi. Bugger me, have you tried living with a woman with no wifi? I would be put away within a few hours...
So the last few weeks have been a process of unplug that, wait for a day or two, and plug back in... Over... and over... and over...
And guess what? Still no fucking clue.
I *think* its my dish washer. Because that's the only thing on two weekends that wasn't in, when it didn't trip. So now that's out, while we wait for a trip... But there can be DAYS in-between trips.
We also thought it was the fish tank...
And the PS4...
And the xbox X...
And the PC...
And... FUCK IT...
Its like find a needle in a haystack. But the hay stack keeps moving. And you have no hands. And your balls are in toffee. And the ants are out. Because its summer.
Has anybody else had the pure utter bloody joy of trying to tackle electrical faults like this? Oh, its just marvellous!