Monday, December 26, 2011

electricity

next year our christmas lights will need to rival this:


two weeks ago a circuit in the house suddenly stopped working. luckily, the lights, outlets and switches were on the front of the house and were not really critical for the day to day. after pulling apart half the light fixtures and outlets on the circuit, i finally found a poorly connected neutral at the top of this rat's nest in the breaker panel. i had tested the breaker and the hot wire but never looked at the neutral. i probably spent about 6 hours total troubleshooting this thing with some help from the internet and some electrical knowledge from the job. 6 hours to find a loose wire that was right in front of me from the start. mwa ha ha. homeowner.

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