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feste_sylvainLast week or so, Thag smell nasty burning plastic smell in kitchen. Thag made dinner in microwubble... micomeeco... small oven. But Thag not make plastic for dinner.
Thag-wife found smell. Electric socket next to micro-thingy got hot. Scorch marks. And the toaster plug was all burned in the socket. Bad toaster! Bye-bye toaster.
But next day, new burning smell from socket when micro-thingy was on. And empty socket was hot to the touch. Feh.
Today, Thag go to hardware store for GFCI sockets for both sockets in kitchen next to micro-thingy which did not have them. Thag bought circuit-tester too.
Thag read instrucshums for GFCI. So Thag go get screwdriver and look for pliers. No pliers.
Thag-child have pliers from jewelry kit. Yay, Thag-child.
Thag go into basement and turn off juice to micro-thingy and burned socket. Thag unscrew old socket from wall, and it comes out in pieces. Burned pieces. Hot wires burned away wrapping, too. Thag take off wires from bottom part, turn back on juice, and use circuit tester to check if bottom wires are "load" or "line". Surprise! Bottom wires are "line".
Thag follow instrucshums, bang Thag-head on kitchen cabinet, cut up back of finger, but force all copper wires for "line" into screws on GFCI socket. Then Thag look at "load" wires. Bad burned off wrapping.
Thag go back to hardware store, buy PVC tape and real pliers.
Thag wrap up naked copper on hot wires. Then Thag force load wires into place in screws on GFCI socket. Thag go downstairs, turn on juice, and test socket. It works! Yay!
Thag go back downstairs, turn off juice, then take apart second socket. But Thag-fingers feel bad tingle. Thag test circuit, and it still has juice. Second socket not on same circuit as first socket and micro-thingy. Thag put second socket back together and give up.
But Thag fix burned socket! Thag-wife use micro-thingy, and no burn smell! Yay!
Thag-wife found smell. Electric socket next to micro-thingy got hot. Scorch marks. And the toaster plug was all burned in the socket. Bad toaster! Bye-bye toaster.
But next day, new burning smell from socket when micro-thingy was on. And empty socket was hot to the touch. Feh.
Today, Thag go to hardware store for GFCI sockets for both sockets in kitchen next to micro-thingy which did not have them. Thag bought circuit-tester too.
Thag read instrucshums for GFCI. So Thag go get screwdriver and look for pliers. No pliers.
Thag-child have pliers from jewelry kit. Yay, Thag-child.
Thag go into basement and turn off juice to micro-thingy and burned socket. Thag unscrew old socket from wall, and it comes out in pieces. Burned pieces. Hot wires burned away wrapping, too. Thag take off wires from bottom part, turn back on juice, and use circuit tester to check if bottom wires are "load" or "line". Surprise! Bottom wires are "line".
Thag follow instrucshums, bang Thag-head on kitchen cabinet, cut up back of finger, but force all copper wires for "line" into screws on GFCI socket. Then Thag look at "load" wires. Bad burned off wrapping.
Thag go back to hardware store, buy PVC tape and real pliers.
Thag wrap up naked copper on hot wires. Then Thag force load wires into place in screws on GFCI socket. Thag go downstairs, turn on juice, and test socket. It works! Yay!
Thag go back downstairs, turn off juice, then take apart second socket. But Thag-fingers feel bad tingle. Thag test circuit, and it still has juice. Second socket not on same circuit as first socket and micro-thingy. Thag put second socket back together and give up.
But Thag fix burned socket! Thag-wife use micro-thingy, and no burn smell! Yay!
