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August 16,
Stop!-in the name of love.... -from the song of the same name, by Eddie Holland
When the circuit breaker in my laundry room flipped off, I switched it back on. The dryer ran for a while, and again the breaker switched itself off. I turned it on again and did a few more laundry loads like this, discovering that I could get about 15 minutes of use before the circuit breaker would shut itself down. Finally, I called an electrician, who told me that he could come after the weekend. During that time, I did more laundry, working the system at 15-minute intervals.
When the electrician arrived, he opened up the electrical panel and showed me a charred wire going into the laundry circuit breaker. "You came this close to having a house fire," he informed me soberly. "These breakers are designed to be turned off and on maybe 15 or 20 times in their lifetime; after that they're useless-the resistance backs up into the wiring system and voila, Kentucky Fried household." I shuddered to think that my home was so close to danger, and felt very grateful that he had caught the problem in time.
When something in our life is malfunctioning, we receive signs, warnings, hints, and tripped breakers. In an emergency, we can override the breaker and keep going for a bit, but before long we must take action. If I had been more tuned in, I would have realized that something was wrong with the system and that it was not wise to keep overriding the breaker. In life, too, we cannot afford to keep overriding the breakers. We must heed the breaker's warning and go to the source of the problem rather than simply treating the symptom. Instead of depending on aspirin to take away a headache, we need to face who or what is giving us a headache and deal with the problem at its source.
Keep your antennae up for signals: Take the grace and then take the action.
Show me what I need to do to live in integrity and wholeness.
I accept God's guidance through the messages of my life.
Alan Cohen A Deep Breath of Life
Stop!-in the name of love.... -from the song of the same name, by Eddie Holland
When the circuit breaker in my laundry room flipped off, I switched it back on. The dryer ran for a while, and again the breaker switched itself off. I turned it on again and did a few more laundry loads like this, discovering that I could get about 15 minutes of use before the circuit breaker would shut itself down. Finally, I called an electrician, who told me that he could come after the weekend. During that time, I did more laundry, working the system at 15-minute intervals.
When the electrician arrived, he opened up the electrical panel and showed me a charred wire going into the laundry circuit breaker. "You came this close to having a house fire," he informed me soberly. "These breakers are designed to be turned off and on maybe 15 or 20 times in their lifetime; after that they're useless-the resistance backs up into the wiring system and voila, Kentucky Fried household." I shuddered to think that my home was so close to danger, and felt very grateful that he had caught the problem in time.
When something in our life is malfunctioning, we receive signs, warnings, hints, and tripped breakers. In an emergency, we can override the breaker and keep going for a bit, but before long we must take action. If I had been more tuned in, I would have realized that something was wrong with the system and that it was not wise to keep overriding the breaker. In life, too, we cannot afford to keep overriding the breakers. We must heed the breaker's warning and go to the source of the problem rather than simply treating the symptom. Instead of depending on aspirin to take away a headache, we need to face who or what is giving us a headache and deal with the problem at its source.
Keep your antennae up for signals: Take the grace and then take the action.
Show me what I need to do to live in integrity and wholeness.
I accept God's guidance through the messages of my life.
Alan Cohen A Deep Breath of Life
And yes, I literally nearly burned the house down around me many times in blackout. I shudder to think about it.
As an electrician myself i'm glad to here you had a decent honest explanation of your situation.
Unfortunately in the UK we have problems with cowboy tradesmen who give everyone else a bad name hope it's all sorted now
Absolutely true. How many times did I ignor my "gut" and do something my gut told me not to and got consequences every time. When sober, those are the consequences I learn from. But still, now and then...........