Still the holidays.
Posted by Shirley Anne on December 28, 2009
Well it’s Monday morning and still holiday time here in the UK. Even so my cellphone rang this morning at 0755 hrs and woke me up! I had planned to arise at about 0900 hrs so I was a little displeased that the phone broke my rest. A lady was asking if I could call and see what was causing her electrical power to constantly keep tripping off. As I was awake (LOL) I agreed to visit her and within the hour I had bathed, dressed and was at her door. Fortunately that was only two miles away. It was cold, frosty and foggy with black ice on the roads, not safe conditions in which to drive if you are not careful. Within five minutes of my arrival I discovered the problem. It was the gas boiler which supplies hot water and heating or part of it’s associated circuitry that was causing the power switch to trip. Isolating it was easy enough so the power was restored. She will need to find a gas service engineer to rectify the fault. Here in the UK (for my overseas visitors) unless you are a registered gas safety engineer you are not allowed to work on gas appliances. I am not qualified in that field so was unable to proceed any further. I was paid for my visit and for locating the problem and was home again less than an hour after leaving home. Such is the life of a much (it seems) in demand female electrician. Now what am I going to do with the rest of the day? I’ll think of something!
Shirley Anne
