tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post422723130242974120..comments2023-12-10T08:09:17.786+00:00Comments on Large blooming flower: 'Twas the night before (a British rural) ChristmasJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-84422710730149196122010-12-28T12:16:39.872+00:002010-12-28T12:16:39.872+00:00Its great to have stories to tell of times at Chri...Its great to have stories to tell of times at Christmas and it sounds like you do have a few!<br />Have a great new year.<br />xLisa Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664740486079007977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-63802807752698677232010-12-27T10:14:42.118+00:002010-12-27T10:14:42.118+00:00Morning everyone,
No, it's all true. Except...Morning everyone,<br /> No, it's all true. Except the bit about me being a bloke, I made that one up.<br /> And yes, we do have rural in the UK. In darkest Oxfordshire you can get a surprising number of miles from main roads and civilisation. Power cuts are not uncommon, every now and then a farmer hits a pole with a tractor or something. It's why we have candles to hand, and a generator waiting should we need it.<br /> My Megger is a venerable piece of kit. With a wind-up handle and all. TBH I've never before had to use it in anger, I picked it up because it came my way, but unlike some of my more exotic RF test gear it's stayed on the shelf. Mind you, so has all the other gear in the past few years.<br /> We followed the bit-by-bit approach, but couldn't nail it down. We suspected a strip-light, but the fault continued even with it disconnected. So it's somewhere in the circuit itself. It'll probably be fairly obvious and easily fixable. <br /> I can think of one advantage in doing this in the maxed-out girly evening wear, acrylic nails don't conduct electricity!<br /> And with that thought, I will leave you, no doubt scarred for life...Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-42062031897410988822010-12-26T15:31:52.072+00:002010-12-26T15:31:52.072+00:00Hey! I wanted a break from work! Here I am resting...Hey! I wanted a break from work! Here I am resting at home and reading all about work......sheesh can't a girl have a break? LOL.....I think Alice's approach would probably have been mine too simply to get some power on but wait a minute...........it wouldn't work if the leak was on the neutral side........where's that Megger?<br />I hope the day went well after that. Did you get to quaff any of the amber nectar then or were you too busy thawing out the dog? LOL..<br />Love<br />Shirley Anne xxxShirley Annehttp://www.minkyweasel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-45338915022849170922010-12-26T08:09:18.420+00:002010-12-26T08:09:18.420+00:00I used to have a free app for the iPhone that just...I used to have a free app for the iPhone that just lit the screen for use as a torch.<br /><br />The Desire that I replaced it with is even better using the LED flash for the camera as a torch - for which it's better suited than being used as an actual flash :)<br /><br />Good luck with the leak hunt!<br /><br />StaceStacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-59248900099018468322010-12-26T07:20:45.447+00:002010-12-26T07:20:45.447+00:00Yous got rural in Britain? :-)
We have a quite a ...Yous got rural in Britain? :-)<br /><br />We have a quite a lot of power outages. Even after the local utility sent a letter saying "Sorry"! The outages are fewer, but you can't stop idiots crashing into poles. <br /><br />I've used my cell to light a path more than once. I'm not sure if that's a sign of ingenuity or a sign that the United States has one of the poorest power distribution networks in the western world...<br /><br />On the other hand, I can - from experience - firmly recommend <i>against</i> doing anything DIT-ish in anything like a decent gown. With heels. Believe me, you don't want to do that. :-)<br /><br />A Meggers, hmm? Long time, no hear. :-)<br /><br />Carolyn AnnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333372966116029977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-31181200037710657242010-12-26T03:30:28.931+00:002010-12-26T03:30:28.931+00:00I know the feeling of having to be the "scruf...I know the feeling of having to be the "scruffy bloke", when something dirty or laborious has to be done. My mother often relies on me at those times.<br /><br />I'm so glad that after over a couple of decades of living in old inner city apartments, with 35 amp electrical service supplied by ancient cloth insulated wiring and screw in fuse boxes, that I now live in a modern house, with a 200 amp circuit breaker panel.<br /><br />Kudos on using your phone for a flashlight! Good thinking!<br /><br />Melissa XXMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600684740584460891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-45721361841794889872010-12-26T01:24:00.143+00:002010-12-26T01:24:00.143+00:00Being the fundamentally lazy engineer type person ...Being the fundamentally lazy engineer type person that I am, I would probably have started by pulling out one fuse at a time and resetting the earth leakage switch, working my way through until I found the one that was causing the problem. :)<br /><br />Once you worked out that it was a light circuit, did you make sure that every light switch on the circuit was turned off and then try again with that circuit in case it was a particular light fitting rather than in the wiring?Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938113045192081875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-70701302377301355542010-12-25T23:52:05.175+00:002010-12-25T23:52:05.175+00:00You made this up, right?
Caroline XXXYou made this up, right?<br /><br />Caroline XXXCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.com