another bizarre, actually gross service call

[Mule]

Went on a call the other day. this single lady has a gazzilion cats, and is a friend of the family. Any way she had two or three rooms that had no power to any recepts. She had a neighbor friend change some of the outlets to GFI's in a effort to not harm the cats. So after taking several of these GFI's out of the box's I find the neighbor did not pigtail and had several GFI's running in series, and his connections were terrible....Ok got all of that fixed....still no power.

Then I find a outlet with a burnt spot on it......I found that cats had urinated on the recept, and it actually blew the breakable tab on the side of the recept thus killing the power downstream. And it had rusted the plate screw..yuk... So after another pigtail job and a new recept my problem was fixed. THEN A SHOWER when I got home...

 

[quogueelectric]

Went on a call the other day. this single lady has a gazzilion cats, and is a friend of the family. Any way she had two or three rooms that had no power to any recepts. She had a neighbor friend change some of the outlets to GFI's in a effort to not harm the cats. So after taking several of these GFI's out of the box's I find the neighbor did not pigtail and had several GFI's running in series, and his connections were terrible....Ok got all of that fixed....still no power.

Then I find a outlet with a burnt spot on it......I found that cats had urinated on the recept, and it actually blew the breakable tab on the side of the recept thus killing the power downstream. And it had rusted the plate screw..yuk... So after another pigtail job and a new recept my problem was fixed. THEN A SHOWER when I got home...

I have had similar service calls with 150lb st bernards locked in a basement and a coy tank built 4'x10'x10' directly in front of the panel.

 

[TOOL_5150]

I have had similar service calls with 150lb st bernards locked in a basement and a coy tank built 4'x10'x10' directly in front of the panel.

how did that work out for you?

~Matt

 

[growler]

Went on a call the other day. this single lady has a gazzilion cats, I found that cats had urinated on the recept, and it actually blew the breakable tab on the side of the recept thus killing the power downstream. And it had rusted the plate screw..yuk...

You can try to blame this one the cats if you want to but I happen to know that cats will use a litter box, Mules on the other hand will just let it fly no matter where they are at.

 

[Fulthrotl]

I have had similar service calls with 150lb st bernards locked in a basement and a coy tank built 4'x10'x10' directly in front of the panel.

no way!!! i had one of those in the really bad part of long beach, a 100 gallon
aquarium sitting in a hallway, directly in front of the sub panel... couldn't
even get the door open to peek.... and this thing smelled like the fulton
fish market on a bad day.... one dead fish floating on top.... ick.

it was a crack house to boot..... unless it's a designer statement to leave a
couple propane torches sitting around the living room.... and ya could smell
the burt car exhaust smell in the living room... in the hallway, it was just a
fish market...

fastest service call i've ever done... the tenant was jabbering like an 80
year old woman who'd just discovered crank... it was a sucky experience....


randy

 

[LarryFine]

. . . a coy tank . . .

Is coy anything like koi? :wink:

 

[O'C electric]

A koi is a Japanese goldfish, a coy fish is just shy and playing hard to get.

 

[Mule]

You can try to blame this one the cats if you want to but I happen to know that cats will use a litter box, Mules on the other hand will just let it fly no matter where they are at.

now you know how I get service calls.... good thing, I was wearing my rubber boots !!

 

[LarryFine]

A koi is a Japanese goldfish, a coy fish is just shy and playing hard to get.

Welcome to the zoo! You're gonna fit right in around here.

 

[drbond24]

Went on a call the other day. this single lady has a gazzilion cats, and is a friend of the family. Any way she had two or three rooms that had no power to any recepts. She had a neighbor friend change some of the outlets to GFI's in a effort to not harm the cats. So after taking several of these GFI's out of the box's I find the neighbor did not pigtail and had several GFI's running in series, and his connections were terrible....Ok got all of that fixed....still no power.

Then I find a outlet with a burnt spot on it......I found that cats had urinated on the recept, and it actually blew the breakable tab on the side of the recept thus killing the power downstream. And it had rusted the plate screw..yuk... So after another pigtail job and a new recept my problem was fixed. THEN A SHOWER when I got home...

I can smell it just from reading that. My aunt's house is that gross. Yuck!

 

[wawireguy]

First indication of a problem would be the "I need to protect my cats" part. So I'd be thinking, hmm, cats? Next, "how many cats maam?" "20", "I'm sorry but we're booked out for the next year.. : )"

 

[LarryFine]

I can smell it just from reading that. My aunt's house is that gross. Yuck!

You know it's bad when your eyes start to water, and your mouth and nose are fighting each other to not be used for breathing.

We have six cats right now, and the house doesn't smell. It's all about the owners, not the cats.

 

[ceb58]

Just remember the Vick's under the nose. I went on a call almost as bad. Cats walking all over the kitchen counter and dinning table. Lady ask if I could stay and have some cake. What kind of cake? Coconut. Sorry I,m allergic to it, have a nice day. Ran to the truck thinking not if I were starving

 

[dan55]

Did a service call once that they had lost power to a good portion of the house. It was a boarding house for worker at a restaraunt. Was in the basement , it was dark so I had a flash light. Seen crock pots with food that had been there for quite some time etc. etc. and as I was shining the light around the ceiling are in the corner i seen something move , brought my flashlight back and it was a huddled mass of cock roaches. I stayed for a while and opened a few ceiling boxes and finally got sick of baby cock roaches and eggs falling in my face , so I left and told them to call somebody else.

 

[dan55]

Another good one was when a was putting baseboard heat in a low rent motel. The owner gave me a key and said just knock and if nobody answers go on in. It was around noon and I knocked and knocked (nobody answered) so I went in and there was a naked couple in their 60s or 70s lying on the bed (above the covers). Made me want to go home and iron something. I stepped out and about five minutes later 3 people came out.

 

[powerslave]

I stayed for a while and opened a few ceiling boxes and finally got sick of baby cock roaches and eggs falling in my face , so I left and told them to call somebody else.

I would have told them that immediately. I'm too afraid of critters jumping in my tool bag and bringing them home with me. My wife would kill me.