Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

My room is exploding.


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> My room is exploding. Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 9:57:12 AM   
Lynnxz


Posts: 4813
Joined: 10/3/2006
From: Atlanta
Status: offline 		I rent a room from a family- and I've lived here for a couple of years now.

Lately- the electrical appliances have taken to blowing the f**k up, and generally scaring the poo out of me. First, an outlet blew, blowing the plastic plug piece across my room. Later on that week, my hair dryer quit in a flurry of sparks and smoke, and this morning, a 2 day old lightbulb exploded out of the fan, showering hot broken glass all over me at 3 in the morning.

Wtf?

I have no clue about electric problems- what's going on?


_____________________________

HBIC


Profile   Post #: 1
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:00:13 AM   
opposingtwilight


Posts: 684
Joined: 6/13/2008
Status: offline 		Dang girl, I don't know but that can't be safe. Is it happening anywhere else in the house?

_____________________________


(in reply to Lynnxz)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:01:14 AM   
philosophy


Posts: 5284
Joined: 2/15/2004
Status: offline 		...sounds like a short somewhere. You need to get a sparks to check the wiring out.

(in reply to opposingtwilight)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:01:48 AM   
subtee


Posts: 5133
Joined: 7/26/2007
Status: offline 		~FR

Pffft. Clearly this is a poltergeist. Make friends.

_____________________________

Don't believe everything you think...

(in reply to philosophy)
Profile   Post #: 4
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:04:30 AM   
faerytattoodgirl


Posts: 5824
Status: offline 		dont worry is just paranormal activities from spirts, ghosts..etc they love that your there...as it gives them something to watch 

_____________________________

I did not reply to your cmail.
I am flawed.
Imperfect.
MUST SPANK!!!
SPAAAAAAAANK!!!

(in reply to Lynnxz)
Profile   Post #: 5
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:06:40 AM   
Lynnxz


Posts: 4813
Joined: 10/3/2006
From: Atlanta
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: faerytattoodgirl

dont worry is just paranormal activities from spirts, ghosts..etc they love that your there...as it gives them something to watch 


I'm so giving them your address.


_____________________________

HBIC



(in reply to faerytattoodgirl)
Profile   Post #: 6
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:08:25 AM   
faerytattoodgirl


Posts: 5824
Status: offline
quote:


I'm so giving them your address.


you know where i live???? funny ive not given out my address yet....

its your own fault you know....posting bathtub pics like that to get them interested...


_____________________________

I did not reply to your cmail.
I am flawed.
Imperfect.
MUST SPANK!!!
SPAAAAAAAANK!!!

(in reply to Lynnxz)
Profile   Post #: 7
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:08:57 AM   
housesub4you


Posts: 1879
Joined: 4/2/2008
Status: offline 		You have a short somewhere.  Have an electrician check it out.  If you don't know what you're doing it's a very easy way to die.

If you rent and it's a short in the system then the owner should take care of it.  Well hopefully they will. 

Hope you have a good surge protector for your computer.

(in reply to Lynnxz)
Profile   Post #: 8
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:11:05 AM   
Lynnxz


Posts: 4813
Joined: 10/3/2006
From: Atlanta
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: faerytattoodgirl

quote:


I'm so giving them your address.


you know where i live???? funny ive not given out my address yet....

its your own fault you know....posting bathtub pics like that to get them interested...



There can't be too many redheads in Canada!


_____________________________

HBIC



(in reply to faerytattoodgirl)
Profile   Post #: 9
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:12:06 AM   
Lynnxz


Posts: 4813
Joined: 10/3/2006
From: Atlanta
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: housesub4you

You have a short somewhere.  Have an electrician check it out.  If you don't know what you're doing it's a very easy way to die.

If you rent and it's a short in the system then the owner should take care of it.  Well hopefully they will. 

Hope you have a good surge protector for your computer.


I have nooo intention of doing it myself- I'd blow up the entire house with a screwdriver. I guess the task begins of convincing the landlady to do something about it.


_____________________________

HBIC



(in reply to housesub4you)
Profile   Post #: 10
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:13:12 AM   
faerytattoodgirl


Posts: 5824
Status: offline 		you do know you can hold back rent until they fix things.

_____________________________

I did not reply to your cmail.
I am flawed.
Imperfect.
MUST SPANK!!!
SPAAAAAAAANK!!!

(in reply to Lynnxz)
Profile   Post #: 11
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:13:45 AM   
opposingtwilight


Posts: 684
Joined: 6/13/2008
Status: offline 		Well, you could always casually mention the impending lawsuit if you get injured as a result of one of these explosions ...

_____________________________


(in reply to Lynnxz)
Profile   Post #: 12
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:16:20 AM   
housesub4you


Posts: 1879
Joined: 4/2/2008
Status: offline 		You could have us all appear in court on your behalf. 

(in reply to opposingtwilight)
Profile   Post #: 13
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:18:08 AM   
Lockit


Posts: 11292
Joined: 5/7/2007
Status: offline 		I wouldn't be there.  How much time does it take to start a house fire?  How much time to lose more than a hair dryer? What's next?  Your computer... your life? If the landlords know about your stuff blowing up and haven't addressed it yet... I would be history, even if I didn't have enough money to be history.  Electrical fires are a bit different than a plumbing problem.

(in reply to faerytattoodgirl)
Profile   Post #: 14
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:18:50 AM   
Thadius


Posts: 5091
Joined: 10/11/2005
Status: offline 		Electrical fires seem to convince folks to act... even the probability of one has motivating value.  Not to mention that you aren't asking them to replace you belongings, just to fix the problem.

Good luck, stay safe, and this definitely gave me a new idea for electrical play.

_____________________________

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." ~ Japanese Proverb

(in reply to Lynnxz)
Profile   Post #: 15
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:22:40 AM   
housesub4you


Posts: 1879
Joined: 4/2/2008
Status: offline 		All joking aside, you are right.  Electrical shorts are nothing to put off fixing.  If it's been a week, it's been a week to long. 

If they won't pay, get someone yourself and hold back the money from your rent and start looking for  new place to live.  But they should fix it, it's not like if a fire starts they are not in danger too.


(in reply to Lockit)
Profile   Post #: 16
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 10:44:58 AM   
PanthersMom


Posts: 2215
Joined: 11/26/2007
From: Cleveland Ohio
Status: offline 		electrical fires can smolder between the walls for awhile before one actually makes enough heat and smoke to be noticed.  people die in fires they never knew existed because they go to bed and all's well so they think.  it's nothing to mess with.  get professional help pronto!  i've lived thru a house fire, it's no fun at all, damn scary actually!
PM

_____________________________

That which does not kill me, better run pretty damn fast

I miss my ex, but my aim is improving!




(in reply to housesub4you)
Profile   Post #: 17
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 11:05:56 AM   
Sanity


Posts: 22039
Joined: 6/14/2006
From: Nampa, Idaho USA
Status: offline 		Its not a short, it's an overvoltage problem. Someone wired it wrong, sending power through your neutral wires (making what's supposed to be a 110 outlet a 220 outlet), or an appliance is malfunctioning, sending voltage through the ground. Or there's a problem with the power companies' transformer, that's not very  uncommon.  It can start a fire very easily, you need to get it checked out. 

< Message edited by Sanity -- 8/13/2008 11:07:27 AM >

_____________________________

Inside Every Liberal Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out

(in reply to PanthersMom)
Profile   Post #: 18
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 11:09:22 AM   
Alumbrado


Posts: 5560
Status: offline 		Highly unlikely to be a short without some other evident problems...over voltage seems a more likely common cause for symptoms such as described, easily checked by either the power company, or yourself.

(in reply to Sanity)
Profile   Post #: 19
RE: My room is exploding. - 8/13/2008 11:53:18 AM   
Politesub53


Posts: 14862
Joined: 5/7/2007
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Sanity

Its not a short, it's an overvoltage problem. Someone wired it wrong, sending power through your neutral wires (making what's supposed to be a 110 outlet a 220 outlet), or an appliance is malfunctioning, sending voltage through the ground. Or there's a problem with the power companies' transformer, that's not very  uncommon.  It can start a fire very easily, you need to get it checked out. 


I was about to say the same. It sounds like the voltage is too high, or that you are having power surges. Either way it needs checking sooner rather than later.

(in reply to Sanity)
Profile   Post #: 20
Page:   [1] 2   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Casual Banter] >> Off the Grid >> My room is exploding. Page: [1] 2   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.188