The power cut that wasn't

[John Rumm]

There I was sat at the computer playing a game of snooker, and all the lights go out, and the UPS alarms go off... Oh well, another power cut - not that common round here but we get a few a year normally. Might as well finish the game while I am at it.

(sprogs appear, did someone turn off youtube^h^h^h^h^h^h^h my homework).

I wander into the hall and notice that the neighbours outside lights are still on... odd power cut, perhaps its only a single phase out.

Then I check my CU and notice the the 100mA time delayed RCD has tripped. Now that is a bit more interesting - it has to be something pretty dramatic to trip that. Something somewhere has thrown a wobbly. Turned everything back on again, all is well.

Twenty mins later SWMBO says "I think I know what the problem was - the oven does not seem to be getting very warm"...

Oh how I enjoy changing oven elements - not ;-)

[News]

In message , John Rumm writes

Not your week, John. It is said these things come in threes ...

[Tim Streater]

Yes, in addition to the washing machine and possibly water softener, I changed the oven element a little while ago too.

[Sam Thatch]

Completely trivial on mine. Just unscrew a couple of nuts on the retaining plate thru the open oven door and it unplugs out thru the open oven door. Since it?s a wall oven, you don?t you can do it all just standing in front of it, don?t even need to bend over.

[Tim+]

You oven is a complete amateur. A *proper* professional oven waits for Christmas eve... ;-)

Tim

[S Viemeister]

This is why I still have the old Baby Belling stored in the garage.

[John Rumm]

Fairly simple on mine by the looks of it... the main difficulty is now SWMBO has her thoughts drifting toward a double oven ;-)

(I can see the attraction of one with a self cleaning lining, and fan that does not squeak myself)

[Sam Thatch]

Yeah, can be a problem in that situation.

Yeah, went for one of those myself, bugger of a job otherwise.

Yeah, that sort of thing is a pain, surprisingly irritating, particularly when it varies and you keep wondering how long it will be before it dies too, just after you have paid for the new element.

[PeterC]

That's not funny! Staying with friends for Christmas. The fan oven refused to come on just as preliminary cooking was about to start for the following day's Big Meal. I got it out of its recess (having checked all the obvious things), removed the back, tested and couldn't see anything obvious. Then, following a wire that went right to the front, saw the back of a switch. Exploring the front of the oven, there was a door-operated switch so buried in crud that it wasn't visible. Cleaned it and life was restored. Now thjat's sod's law - get the oven out and in pieces only to find that a minute's work from the front...!

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Sam Thatch escribió:

Another Woddles morph.

"" "John James" "Simon Brown" "Jacko" "Simon263" "John Chance" "Ratsack" "Hank" "kshy" "JHY" "Blano" "Santo Brown" "hqhy" "Jim Thomas" "Sam Thatch"

[Brian-Gaff]

Yes assuming all those grease ridden rusty self tapping screws and fittings that appear to be welded in place. Brian

[ARW]

Short of killing her then there is nothing you can do.

[John Rumm]

Well I could just repair the existing one... then the excuse goes away before she decides what she wants to replace it with ;-)

(Unlike many women, my wife seems to be almost incapable of spending money - so selecting a new oven would take ages. Its a rare but desirable trait IMHO ;-)

[John Rumm]

slippery sod, must have had a gap in my filter!

(although that post was out of character - it was inane and pointless as usual, but not obviously wrong. You think he is slipping?)

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , John Rumm escribió:

It's his modus operandi. He'll switch nym, make one or two "reasonable" posts then when he snares a victim, it's back to the same old same old. He's a pathological attention-seeker.