What Irked You Today?

[johnyrotten]

19 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

When the neutral cable between the transformer on the power pole and the meter finally parted completely earlier today, it blew my Dremel, my stereo amp, one power strip, several lighting timers, and almost started a fire.

I won't know if my desktop computer, big monitor, and landline base-unit survived until I get a new power strip.

Guess I ought to be happy, because if I hadn't been here waiting for the ISP tech (a whole "nother" story), I might very well have come home to a smoking ruin.

Yes, I'm very thankful, but so far I'm out hundreds of bucks, and we're not done yet...and the house still stinks of burned electrics.

EDIT: Once again, I have to praise the professionalism of my electricity provider. They were here within 1/2 hour of my call, and had me back up in another 1/2 hour.

 

At least they got you up and running quickly. 

[porschercr]

24 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

When the neutral cable between the transformer on the power pole and the meter finally parted completely earlier today, it blew my Dremel, my stereo amp, one power strip, several lighting timers, and almost started a fire.

I won't know if my desktop computer, big monitor, and landline base-unit survived until I get a new power strip.

Guess I ought to be happy, because if I hadn't been here waiting for the ISP tech (a whole "nother" story), I might very well have come home to a smoking ruin.

Yes, I'm very thankful, but so far I'm out hundreds of bucks, and we're not done yet...and the house still stinks of burned electrics.

EDIT: Once again, I have to praise the professionalism of my electricity provider. They were here within 1/2 hour of my call, and had me back up in another 1/2 hour.

 

Sounds like a bit of a rough day. Glad the electricity provider got you back up in a timely manner.