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another diy disaster

spock

i have been stressed all day and the trigger was yet another failiure on my part.

i hate diy and last night messed up yet another simple task. i cut through a water pipe.

oh i wish my wife would listen to me when i say, 'i can't do fixit jobs around the house'.

this isn't the first disaster i've had and i sadly feel won't be the last.

anyone else out there as useless as me at diy.

i am fed up with being embarrased when tradesmen turn up to put right my messes.

rob

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  • Earlier this year I tried to replace the spotlight system in my kitchen. I turned off the lighting circuit, took the existing lights down, and then found that the cables they were attached to were the 60-year-old ones that had come with the house. They were stiff and brittle, and bits dropped off as I tried to fit the new lights. I couldn't make the wires fit the new set of lights, and then I suddenly got an electric shock!

    At this point I admitted defeat and called an electrician, who turned off the whole system. Apparently the return wire can carry a current even when the circuit is off. I felt lucky to be alive at that point, but I was still rather blaming myself for not having known better.

    I definitely sympathise with you, Rob. It's best not to feel guilty about these things - but it's hard to remember that with water running up your arm, or whatever.

    Alex R (posting personally)

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  • Earlier this year I tried to replace the spotlight system in my kitchen. I turned off the lighting circuit, took the existing lights down, and then found that the cables they were attached to were the 60-year-old ones that had come with the house. They were stiff and brittle, and bits dropped off as I tried to fit the new lights. I couldn't make the wires fit the new set of lights, and then I suddenly got an electric shock!

    At this point I admitted defeat and called an electrician, who turned off the whole system. Apparently the return wire can carry a current even when the circuit is off. I felt lucky to be alive at that point, but I was still rather blaming myself for not having known better.

    I definitely sympathise with you, Rob. It's best not to feel guilty about these things - but it's hard to remember that with water running up your arm, or whatever.

    Alex R (posting personally)

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