Why do I keep getting electrocuted??
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From: Somewhere in the Kootenays
I wonder if he screwed the little wire nuts on the connections or just left them bare.
I'm no electrician but I've never had a problem changing light fixtures. Black to black, white to white and green (or bare) grounds to the fixture box. How can you mess that up?
I'm no electrician but I've never had a problem changing light fixtures. Black to black, white to white and green (or bare) grounds to the fixture box. How can you mess that up?
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alright listen, I'm a little frustrated at the moment becuase I've already been shocked to hel a couple times already today!
I got this brand new lamp for the front yard that mounts on top of the lamp post. Sounds like no big deal to install right? only 3 wires. yeah thats what I thought too.
so the dogs and I go outside this morning to play being an electrician to hock this lamp up. First thing I do is try to find the breaker in the hosue that controls the lamp outside, can't find it so I shut down the entire house of power which leaves me with the dogs running around the neighborhood becuase i forgot that when I shut the power off the Invisable fence I have up for the dogs no longer works so the dogs are running all over the damn street now and leaves me with a screaming kid that can't watch anymore TV anymore that the power is off, so I have his mother come pick him up.
easy part comes now, I take off the old lamp mount that sits on the pole. I now take the new lamp post and somehow try to hold this thing in one hand and somehow connect the wires with the other hand 5 feet in the air. This is a very large lamp post made off brass and lots of glass which holds 5 lights. I connect the 3 wires to the existing wires in the lamp post and take out a ladder to lay down the light in the air so I can run inside the house and turn the house back on of power. I come back outside and to my surprise the lamp is working! I let it sit for maybe 2 minutes before picking up the lamp now to set ontop of the pole and screw it into place. As I pick it up to set it on the post all hel broke out. All I rememebr is bright white light coming from the wires and sparks and me holding this damn thing getting one hell of a shock! I throw the lamp onto the grass and and made sure no neighbors saw what just happened. I lookd at the wires and there all melted??? I don't know why, even the stupid copper ground wire thing was crisp!
so what do I do next? I go to a hardwear store and by new wires and hock them on the lamp again and to make a long story short again, some damn thing happened as I went to mount the lamp on the post but this time when I got shocked as the sparks i thought had my hair on fire i threw the lamp again but this time it hit the sidewalk and busted my new lamp now.
so now I'm out of a lamp and have no idea why this was happenign to me? I couldn't have had the wires crossed since it was working before I touched it.
anyone shed some light on what the hell went on?
I got this brand new lamp for the front yard that mounts on top of the lamp post. Sounds like no big deal to install right? only 3 wires. yeah thats what I thought too.
so the dogs and I go outside this morning to play being an electrician to hock this lamp up. First thing I do is try to find the breaker in the hosue that controls the lamp outside, can't find it so I shut down the entire house of power which leaves me with the dogs running around the neighborhood becuase i forgot that when I shut the power off the Invisable fence I have up for the dogs no longer works so the dogs are running all over the damn street now and leaves me with a screaming kid that can't watch anymore TV anymore that the power is off, so I have his mother come pick him up.
easy part comes now, I take off the old lamp mount that sits on the pole. I now take the new lamp post and somehow try to hold this thing in one hand and somehow connect the wires with the other hand 5 feet in the air. This is a very large lamp post made off brass and lots of glass which holds 5 lights. I connect the 3 wires to the existing wires in the lamp post and take out a ladder to lay down the light in the air so I can run inside the house and turn the house back on of power. I come back outside and to my surprise the lamp is working! I let it sit for maybe 2 minutes before picking up the lamp now to set ontop of the pole and screw it into place. As I pick it up to set it on the post all hel broke out. All I rememebr is bright white light coming from the wires and sparks and me holding this damn thing getting one hell of a shock! I throw the lamp onto the grass and and made sure no neighbors saw what just happened. I lookd at the wires and there all melted??? I don't know why, even the stupid copper ground wire thing was crisp!
so what do I do next? I go to a hardwear store and by new wires and hock them on the lamp again and to make a long story short again, some damn thing happened as I went to mount the lamp on the post but this time when I got shocked as the sparks i thought had my hair on fire i threw the lamp again but this time it hit the sidewalk and busted my new lamp now.
so now I'm out of a lamp and have no idea why this was happenign to me? I couldn't have had the wires crossed since it was working before I touched it.
anyone shed some light on what the hell went on?
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Actually, Navigator's ban is for only 3 days. He has been behaving himslf pretty well with this new opportunity to be a good citizen and I would guess that was taken into consideration. We will see what the future brings. It won't take a lot for a repeat offender to get a permanent ban.
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Yes, we can "un-ban" if circumstances indicate that there is a good reason to do so.
Actually, Navigator's ban is for only 3 days. He has been behaving himslf pretty well with this new opportunity to be a good citizen and I would guess that was taken into consideration. We will see what the future brings. It won't take a lot for a repeat offender to get a permanent ban.
Actually, Navigator's ban is for only 3 days. He has been behaving himslf pretty well with this new opportunity to be a good citizen and I would guess that was taken into consideration. We will see what the future brings. It won't take a lot for a repeat offender to get a permanent ban.
I wanna see this guy post more. I dont think I have ever seen someone write with such oddity as he.
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I am suprised the laws of natural selection havent caught up with this guy yet. I also dont understand how he cant figure out to cross the positive and the neutral to pop the breaker with a crappy screwdriver. Oh well at least he is entertaining. 
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He may be entertaining, but he keeps crossing the line. Rascist comments are a big no-no here, as I'm sure you have seen lately. The fact that he's a total idiot just adds fuel to the fire.
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Yes, we can "un-ban" if circumstances indicate that there is a good reason to do so.
Actually, Navigator's ban is for only 3 days. He has been behaving himslf pretty well with this new opportunity to be a good citizen and I would guess that was taken into consideration. We will see what the future brings. It won't take a lot for a repeat offender to get a permanent ban.
Actually, Navigator's ban is for only 3 days. He has been behaving himslf pretty well with this new opportunity to be a good citizen and I would guess that was taken into consideration. We will see what the future brings. It won't take a lot for a repeat offender to get a permanent ban.
Seriously, was there a post he made which was removed from this thread?
Awesome thread BTW
