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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 3634" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>there is that phone call just after dusk...</p><p></p><p>on the day you have swapped out the CU...</p><p></p><p>Customer: "hello that you board you fitted is faulty"</p><p></p><p>Electrician: "whats the problem?"</p><p></p><p>Customer: "all the powers gone off"</p><p></p><p>Electrician: "what ALL of the power? lights as well"</p><p></p><p>Customer: "er no.... just the sockets"</p><p></p><p>Electrician: "what did you do last.. have you plugged somthing in?"</p><p></p><p>Customer: "no... no... nothing at all"</p><p></p><p>Electrician: "so what were you doing when the power went?"</p><p></p><p>Customer: "nothing I just sat down to read the newspaper, and put on my reading lamp by the chair!"</p><p></p><p>Electrician: "Go and turn your reading lamp OFF, then reset the switch on the fuse board check that the power stays on..."</p><p></p><p>Customer: "Yes powers back on now!"</p><p></p><p>Electrician: "OK try switching your lamp back on again... if the power goes off again then your lamp is faulty so don't use it till its repaired..."</p><p></p><p>2mins silence...</p><p></p><p>Customer: "well I just dont understand that..... It worked alright on the old board????"</p><p></p><p>Electrician: "Doh!!!!X(X(X("</p><p></p><p> :^O :^O:^O:^O</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 3634, member: 250"] there is that phone call just after dusk... on the day you have swapped out the CU... Customer: "hello that you board you fitted is faulty" Electrician: "whats the problem?" Customer: "all the powers gone off" Electrician: "what ALL of the power? lights as well" Customer: "er no.... just the sockets" Electrician: "what did you do last.. have you plugged somthing in?" Customer: "no... no... nothing at all" Electrician: "so what were you doing when the power went?" Customer: "nothing I just sat down to read the newspaper, and put on my reading lamp by the chair!" Electrician: "Go and turn your reading lamp OFF, then reset the switch on the fuse board check that the power stays on..." Customer: "Yes powers back on now!" Electrician: "OK try switching your lamp back on again... if the power goes off again then your lamp is faulty so don't use it till its repaired..." 2mins silence... Customer: "well I just dont understand that..... It worked alright on the old board????" Electrician: "Doh!!!!X(X(X(" :^O :^O:^O:^O [/QUOTE]
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