One of Those Days

[elrhiarhodan]

Not been a good day today.

Changed a light bulb in the very beautiful crystal chandelier in my office. Shorted the circuit. Reset the circuit and then noticed that the light was flickering. Went to shut off the light and the circuit blew again. Reset it, took out the flickering lightbulb and turned the light back on. Circuit blew again and now the breaker is bad.

Removed the breaker from the box, except that I can't figure out how to get the last wire out of the breaker.

Electrician can't come until Tuesday morning. Have an extension cord so at least the modem is powered up.

Which means that the first claims post will still go live around 10 am.

I didn't need this, today of all days.

Comments

[elrhiarhodan]

Thank you! And please give Alex a belleh rub for me.

Just heard from my contractor/electrician - he was sort of freaked when I told him I tried to change the circuit breaker at the electrical panel.

So he'll be here in the morning and I will have power and light and be all happyhappyhappy.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the electrician will come out ASAP (but owch! for the weekend service rates).

[elrhiarhodan]

He's a friend and doing a favor. So I'm hoping not to get a cat-astrophic bill.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Friends like that are good to have. (I hope he doesn't find an underlying problem that, y'know, requires rewiring the house. Ignore me, I fret.)

I hope today is delightful enough to make up for your recent bad day.

[elrhiarhodan]

Contractor friend came and took my chandelier with him - that what needs rewiring. Everything else tested fine. Thank goodness!

Have light and power in my office, so all is good with House Wonderful again!

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

Silly chandelier, causing Elr so much inconvenience and worry!

[elrhiarhodan]

It was my grandmother's - and while I loved her to bits, I'm not surprised that it's giving me a little heartache.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

while I loved her to bits, I'm not surprised that it's giving me a little heartache

I understand this.

[sinfulslasher]

Ack! You can't just play around with the circuit breaker! *smacks your hands* Good thing you didn't electrocute yourself! O_o

Hope HW is healed again and you're happyhappyhappy. If not, have a hug in the meantime! *points at icon*

[elrhiarhodan]

Actually, changing circuit breakers is one of the few electrical jobs a homeowner can do.

[sinfulslasher]

Huh. You're strongly discouraged to do so around here. Turn 'em off, sure. Changing 'em, no. *ponders* Changing the fuse, that's fine. But that's it.

Maybe things are different in the US? I mean, anything from light bulbs to light switches are different, and IIRC, fuses look different too, so... *shrugs*

The more you know! :)

[elrhiarhodan]

My contractor, who came and fixed the circuit and just left with my light fixture to rewire, gave me hell for playing around with the circuit breaker panel.

And banned me from home improvement videos on YouTube!

[sinfulslasher]

Well, listen to the man! (though them vids are always so much fun to watch...but you don't wanna burn down HW!)

He took the beautiful chandelier with him? Woe! I hope he'll have it rewired soon and brings it back asap!