Bloody electricity!
Before I tell my stupid moment story, you have to understand that I've had some power issues of late. First there was the electrical storm that played havoc with my computer, then this past Saturday there was a fire on my block and they cut power for nearly the entire day. Needless to say, I'm a little paranoid with power outages mainly because of the problems it causes my 'puter and, therefore, me.
This morning I'm blow drying my hair and I have my bedroom light on and I have the space heater going because I'm too cheap to turn up my own heat to get rid of the dampness. And....the power goes out. I don't even think; I just react. I race to my spare room and unplug my pc from the wall before the power comes back on and fries something else on my 'puter.
So, I'm wondering how I'm going to get my hair dry when I realize I can still hear the humming from the fridge. I go to my kitchen and find that there is still power there. I go back to my bedroom to see if maybe the power was only off for a minute and that's why I still have power in my kitchen (I turned off all my lights and stuff when the power went off). Nope. No power in my bedroom. I have power in my bathroom and in my living room. Then it hits me. When I unplugged my pc, I heard the thump from the speakers that says I cut power without first turning off my speakers. Then I REALLY start to panic.
I blew a bloody fuse and unplugged my pc for no bloody reason!!!!!
I've never fixed a fuse so I wasn't entirely sure how to do it. I had an idea but no real concrete clue. I go to my box and see that all the rooms are labeled in a legend on a nice sticky note. Yay! Then I realize that the numbers don't correspond to the switches. Boo! I try logic. The bedrooms (yes, my computer room is half on the main bedroom circuit preventing me from having lights and the other half is on the living room circuit which lets me have computer power...old buildings) is #19 so I try counting down 19 switches. Nope. I don't know what that switch did but it didn't affect my bedroom. There was one switch that was halfway between on and off but I couldn't push it back to On so I switched it to Off and tried to put it back to On. I couldn't do it. So I was beginning to think I was going to have to do the old "trial and error" method when I decide to try my mystery switch again. This time I was able to push it back to On and I had power! Yay!
And I'm very proud that I was able to fix a fuse. I just don't understand why my space heater and hairdryer overloaded the circuit. My pc is on a different circuit so I can't even blame that. I didn't think space heaters (and it's a tiny one) could overload a circuit like that. I didn't think it was that much of a power sucker. Lesson learned.
This morning I'm blow drying my hair and I have my bedroom light on and I have the space heater going because I'm too cheap to turn up my own heat to get rid of the dampness. And....the power goes out. I don't even think; I just react. I race to my spare room and unplug my pc from the wall before the power comes back on and fries something else on my 'puter.
So, I'm wondering how I'm going to get my hair dry when I realize I can still hear the humming from the fridge. I go to my kitchen and find that there is still power there. I go back to my bedroom to see if maybe the power was only off for a minute and that's why I still have power in my kitchen (I turned off all my lights and stuff when the power went off). Nope. No power in my bedroom. I have power in my bathroom and in my living room. Then it hits me. When I unplugged my pc, I heard the thump from the speakers that says I cut power without first turning off my speakers. Then I REALLY start to panic.
I blew a bloody fuse and unplugged my pc for no bloody reason!!!!!
I've never fixed a fuse so I wasn't entirely sure how to do it. I had an idea but no real concrete clue. I go to my box and see that all the rooms are labeled in a legend on a nice sticky note. Yay! Then I realize that the numbers don't correspond to the switches. Boo! I try logic. The bedrooms (yes, my computer room is half on the main bedroom circuit preventing me from having lights and the other half is on the living room circuit which lets me have computer power...old buildings) is #19 so I try counting down 19 switches. Nope. I don't know what that switch did but it didn't affect my bedroom. There was one switch that was halfway between on and off but I couldn't push it back to On so I switched it to Off and tried to put it back to On. I couldn't do it. So I was beginning to think I was going to have to do the old "trial and error" method when I decide to try my mystery switch again. This time I was able to push it back to On and I had power! Yay!
And I'm very proud that I was able to fix a fuse. I just don't understand why my space heater and hairdryer overloaded the circuit. My pc is on a different circuit so I can't even blame that. I didn't think space heaters (and it's a tiny one) could overload a circuit like that. I didn't think it was that much of a power sucker. Lesson learned.
posted by Rienne | 9:51 a.m.
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