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bktheirregular"So what else did you have plugged into the socket [besides the 12000 BTU air conditioner]?"
"Nothing. Just the air conditioner."
"You're sure?"
Turns out the building's wiring is really old. (First hint: having a light switch burn out and fuse shut my first month in the place.) In order to get things up to something the electrician would feel comfortable with, they'd have to rip open the walls or something, which is a little over my head as a year-to-year renter.
On the bright side, replacing the fried wall socket with a new, grounded socket was ten minutes' work, and I've got my A/C back.
Yesterday was pretty much a write-off, thanks to interrupted sleep and a very very long day at work, ending with me trying to translate something on the fly at someone else's desk while the words in front of me kept blurring and deforming. A full night's sleep last night should hopefully help some.
"Nothing. Just the air conditioner."
"You're sure?"
Turns out the building's wiring is really old. (First hint: having a light switch burn out and fuse shut my first month in the place.) In order to get things up to something the electrician would feel comfortable with, they'd have to rip open the walls or something, which is a little over my head as a year-to-year renter.
On the bright side, replacing the fried wall socket with a new, grounded socket was ten minutes' work, and I've got my A/C back.
Yesterday was pretty much a write-off, thanks to interrupted sleep and a very very long day at work, ending with me trying to translate something on the fly at someone else's desk while the words in front of me kept blurring and deforming. A full night's sleep last night should hopefully help some.
