This afternoon called out to turn off the electrical supply, house filled with water. Electrics have never been looked at since 1992. The water pipe melted, spraying the fire with water, lucky they had a house to come back to.
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This afternoon called out to turn off the electrical supply, house filled with water. Electrics have never been looked at since 1992. The water pipe melted, spraying the fire with water, lucky they had a house to come back to.
good thing the water pipe melted
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Nice thats what you call a hot shower.
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What gets me is they called you to turn the electric off.
Are there really people that thick they don't know where their fuse box is, and what that big thing at the end labelled "main switch" does?
And isn't there a shower isolating switch or pull cord they could have used to turn it off?
Some people are seriously lacking in basic life skills IMO
Fair enough for them to ask you to come and disconnect it to make it safe and advise on what to do, but to call you to "turn it off" just beggars belief. Were the flames still coming from it while they were on the phone to you?
I don't suppose you know what caused that? Shower running without water? never seen anything like that before.
I always criticise the use of plastic pipe, but I guess it saved the day here. Let me guess, they didn't know where their stop cock was either?
Are there really people that thick they don't know where their fuse box is, and what that big thing at the end labelled "main switch" does?
And isn't there a shower isolating switch or pull cord they could have used to turn it off?
Some people are seriously lacking in basic life skills IMO
Fair enough for them to ask you to come and disconnect it to make it safe and advise on what to do, but to call you to "turn it off" just beggars belief. Were the flames still coming from it while they were on the phone to you?
I don't suppose you know what caused that? Shower running without water? never seen anything like that before.
I always criticise the use of plastic pipe, but I guess it saved the day here. Let me guess, they didn't know where their stop cock was either?
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im going to guess a dodgy connection, overheated and started small fire, plastic wasnt as 'self extinguishing' as it should have been
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Should pull the isolator switch, just like KME said.
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He did post on a previous one Admin, on turning off the
shower after use and not leaving it "live" between uses.
shower after use and not leaving it "live" between uses.
Gawd - your memory is almost better than mine - I saw the first post, and thought "HAVE I replied to this? I didn`t think I had!!!"
Now it all becomes clear. Not only remembering that (old?) post, but that I posted it. Deserving of a scoob, methinks
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Nobody has mentioned yet, you should not use water on an electrical fire.
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Pro Dave; this was a sprinkler system
the house owner never knew he had.
His local Fire Authority should commend
him.
the house owner never knew he had.
His local Fire Authority should commend
him.
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