my side of the story... wanna hear it?

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

ah... i was going through my folder of pictures i took with my *ahem*new*ahem* phone... looking through the pictures i saw a few pictures i took the other day when my house had an electrical problem... so here's the story... one day (i can't remember when this happened), after dinner all was going well until suddenly blackout... but it was only my house that blacked out... so i figured that the fuse box tripped... as it was not raining, i naturally went to switch it on... but the fuse box tripped whenever i turn it out... so my dad felt something was amiss and called the technician... at first, i thought it might be a electrical power surge because i smelt burning/melting plastic/rubber... but upon inspection by the technician, it turns out my house main electrical circuit is already too old and requires a change... i'm not referring to my house ENTIRE wiring, just the main switch and others... in fact, upon further inspection, turns out my electrical main switch was taking heavy damage... it was burnt badly... so, the only way to get electricity back again is to do a bypass... which i think is crazy... they connect the live wire to the wiring with no fuse in between...!! and it's only protected with a black tape...!! my god... madness i tell you... here are some pictures i took...

look at how badly burnt it is...

that hole is where the live wire is placed/connected i think...

it's a miracle the main switch didn't catch fire... it would be bad if it did... very bad...

(left: fuse box; right: ceiling fan speed switch) the wires are connected above the fan switch... it's difficult to see as it is all black and the colour of the wood is also a little dark... that is where the main switch is located... scary stuff...

it was a good thing nothing bad happened except maybe spending a some cash to repair it... but it's all for a good cause... well... at least i know this will not happen again in a long, long time unless something happens... *touch wood*