I just had a pretty scary close call this morning, so although this is off
topic I wanted to post it.
If you have a single surge protector in your house, right now, go check it
and make sure it's not covered in dust or near ANY sources of water....
If you have an irrigation system and use a surge protector near it, go
check, right now, and make sure there is no moisture near it!!!
I have aquariums in my bedroom. Apparently the filter gasket on one filter
for my sal****er tank was slowly letting water run down the electrical cord.
No problem, I have drip loops on all my filters... except the salt crept UP
the cord and made it to the surge protector. From the amount of soot on my
wall and the shape of the surge protector, it sat there and was sparking for
a while. Luckily, my alarm clock actually worked (first time in two weeks
which is weird) and I happened to walk by the aquariums and heard a popping
noise-took me 10 minutes to figure out what has going on . Seems that when
it shorted out, instead of turning off the strip stayed on and allowed the
power to keep running through (hence all the lights and filters still
worked)! By the grace of god (or whoever is babysitting us), it didn't catch
the carpet on fire and didn't burn the house down (or kill me with fumes).
What it did do is scare the crap out of me! So,
if you have any surge protectors, PLEASE keep them well maintained... If you
happen to have an aqaurium, check all the power cords for moisture even if
you're sure they are fine.... always use drip loops in power cords that are
near water (including all cords outside)...go check your smoke detectors
right now!!! (wasn't any smoke for mine to trip though). If this message
helps one person catch a situation, it's worth it..............
Thankful to still be here...
Susan L. Marsh and crew
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