re: man of the family

somewhat a continuation to a earlier post i had
(http://juzride.blogspot.com/2009/06/man-of-family.html)

in the service yard there's only 1 single power outlet, which was meant for the washing machine.. some time ago i introduced a small fan into the service yard which can assist drying of the clothes especially in wet weather, when the clothes will be air-dried indoors.. as the power point comes with a plastic cover that closes to prevent water/rain from splashing on, it cannot take a multi-plug (plugs cannot fit in from the sides, top and bottom).. i thought i was quite smart, i found a small travel adaptor at home (i dunno where it came from) and attempted to plug it in, and behind the adaptor i will plug in the multi-plug... but when i tried to switch it on, it tripped the whole house!!! and it was 11PM at night!!

usually power will be restored if we flip back the switches at the fuse box in the house.. but it didn't work this time! damn sian already lo.. so late at night... weather so warm... got a friend (alwyn) staying over somemore.. we were thinking of possible solution when yb asked if we know anyone who can help.. then i recalled one of my army friend, GW, joked that if one day his place blackout he'll call another of ur fren, CW for emergency restore because CW works for Singapore Power (that night we had dinner he was on stand-by for any power failure in the northern region of Singapore).. yb said "call la!" i was like... huh..really meh? it's so late at night leh.... amazingly in his half-asleep stupor, CW managed to tell me i can find another main fuse box outside the house... and it worked!! woohoo!! aircon!!! actually the army is a best resource a guy can haf... i know ppl who drives the NEL mrt, i know one who got contacts to car dealers, one who works with SMRT, one who knows another fren who's a guru when it come to buying car (he helped me with my car purchase), a tour guide...

anyway... the power outlet in the service yard, the switch cannot be "unflipped"... it got stuck in position... lousy parts the HDB contractors used (i even found a loose spare wire in the hole in the wall behind that power outlet!).. managed to find a replacement from NTUC that cost me abt $6 which finally i found time (and daylight and some recollection from my secondary school science lessons on L/N/E wirings) to replace the broken one.. there! good as new! smooth switch now!

now im tempted to change all my power outlets at home... the switches sux...

oh and i threw that travel adaptor away.. the one that i dunno come from where one...

(yb was relating to her mum wad happened at home, my mother-in-law asked how come power can trip all of a sudden? she said "the scientist of the house decided to play with some innovations at 11pm at night" )