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fpena944 · 08-24-2009, 11:52 AM

Hey I think we've all had those moments...

Mine happened when I called an electrician to my house because one of our bathrooms had lost power. I checked all the circuit breakers and everything seemed okay. I tried to troubleshoot for quite some time and finally gave up and called for help.

He came in, looked in my garage and found a GFI outlet that had been tripped. Pressed the button and all was fixed. It seems all the bathroom GFI circuits ran through this one outlet.

It took me longer to write the check than it did for him to "fix" the problem. I lost a few man points that day...

ivangene · 08-24-2009, 11:59 AM

Thats nothing - I came home one day when my kids were little and the house "smelled real funny" - outside too... we just had a new gas line run (was oil heat) and I thought... holy crud.. everyone out !!

I called the fire dept to have them come have a look.... they sent them ALL!!! I mean there were 5 fire trucks 2 ambulances and the natural gas company ALL in my culdesack.... Firemen running into the house with oxygen tanks on and axs in hand... me and the wife and kids standing in the yard thing WTF????

WOW - neighbors all sowing up....

a real big production -

20 minutes later, it was determined that my wife had moved the garbage pail out to the porch because one of the recently changed diapers was real foul.....in fact ... it really stunk after sitting in the sun fro a while!!

explain that one to ALL your neighbors

Torontoworker · 08-24-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ivangene

20 minutes later, it was determined that my wife had moved the garbage pail out to the porch because one of the recently changed diapers was real foul.....in fact ... it really stunk after sitting in the sun fro a while!!

explain that one to ALL your neighbors

OMG thats funny. Been there done it! (well 20 years back or so mind you) You'd sware you need a bio hazard team from homeland it can get so bad.

AndyK · 08-24-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Torontoworker

OMG thats funny. Been there done it! (well 20 years back or so mind you) You'd sware you need a bio hazard team from homeland it can get so bad.

Two words that saved the day when my kids were in diapers:

Diaper Geenie!!

Marlon · 08-24-2009, 05:32 PM

LOL !!! Right before we sold our previous house I got fed up with the downstairs lights not being able to be turned off and on from the top of the stairs for the past six years. Troublshot till the cows came home and could not figure it out. Finally called in the electrician and he took a 1milisecond look at the switch and said "It's your switch..." HUH!?!?! The PO had installed a regular 2-way switch on a 3-Way circuit...took longer to write the check than it did for the electrician to figure it out

AndyK · 08-24-2009, 06:02 PM

That's not so bad. It's not like YOU were willing to turn off the power and trouble shoot switches and wiring, right? That's not as bad as writing a check for a GFI outlet that was tripped!

Marlon · 08-24-2009, 08:39 PM

...funny beer $ cards stories

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Originally Posted by AndyK

That's not so bad. It's not like YOU were willing to turn off the power and trouble shoot switches and wiring, right? That's not as bad as writing a check for a GFI outlet that was tripped!

fpena944 · 08-24-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by AndyK

That's not so bad. It's not like YOU were willing to turn off the power and trouble shoot switches and wiring, right? That's not as bad as writing a check for a GFI outlet that was tripped!

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Originally Posted by Marlon

...funny beer $ cards stories

Oh sure...Have fun at my expense!!!

Literally as if I remember correctly the service call wasn't exactly cheap!

08-24-2009, 11:52 AM	#31
fpena944 Addict Rennlist Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,352	Hey I think we've all had those moments... Mine happened when I called an electrician to my house because one of our bathrooms had lost power. I checked all the circuit breakers and everything seemed okay. I tried to troubleshoot for quite some time and finally gave up and called for help. He came in, looked in my garage and found a GFI outlet that had been tripped. Pressed the button and all was fixed. It seems all the bathroom GFI circuits ran through this one outlet. It took me longer to write the check than it did for him to "fix" the problem. I lost a few man points that day... __________________ 2002 Porsche C2 Cabrio 91 Porsche 944 S2 Cabrio - Sold on 4/27/09 after 7 years ownership! See my photo album!

08-24-2009, 11:59 AM	#32
ivangene Addict Rennlist Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Washington State - Near Seattle Posts: 6,110	Thats nothing - I came home one day when my kids were little and the house "smelled real funny" - outside too... we just had a new gas line run (was oil heat) and I thought... holy crud.. everyone out !! I called the fire dept to have them come have a look.... they sent them ALL!!! I mean there were 5 fire trucks 2 ambulances and the natural gas company ALL in my culdesack.... Firemen running into the house with oxygen tanks on and axs in hand... me and the wife and kids standing in the yard thing WTF???? WOW - neighbors all sowing up.... a real big production - 20 minutes later, it was determined that my wife had moved the garbage pail out to the porch because one of the recently changed diapers was real foul.....in fact ... it really stunk after sitting in the sun fro a while!! explain that one to ALL your neighbors __________________ 86' Coupe Guards Red 99' C2 Black/Savanna (sold / missed) Ed

08-24-2009, 05:32 PM	#35
Marlon Addict Rennlist Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fairfax Virginia Posts: 2,339	LOL !!! Right before we sold our previous house I got fed up with the downstairs lights not being able to be turned off and on from the top of the stairs for the past six years. Troublshot till the cows came home and could not figure it out. Finally called in the electrician and he took a 1milisecond look at the switch and said "It's your switch..." HUH!?!?! The PO had installed a regular 2-way switch on a 3-Way circuit...took longer to write the check than it did for the electrician to figure it out __________________ 99' 996 C4 Tip GR/blk 55K miles, reman engine at 54K miles... 95' 993 GR/blk (61K miles) - gone, but not forgotten. 95' 993 blk/tan (125K miles) - gone... 84' 911 GP White/blk (113K miles) gone... 82' 911SC Silver/blk (98K miles) gone... 79' 911 SC Brown/tan, S/R delete & crank windows (110K miles) - shoulda' kept... 75' 911S Yellow/tan, S/R delete & crank windows (120K miles) - shoulda' kept...

08-24-2009, 06:02 PM	#36
AndyK Addict Rennlist Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 6,173	That's not so bad. It's not like YOU were willing to turn off the power and trouble shoot switches and wiring, right? That's not as bad as writing a check for a GFI outlet that was tripped! __________________ 2000 996 C2 - Arctic w/ Black full leather, 22k miles '89 944 S2 - SOLD '88 944 Special Edition - SOLD PCA NNJ