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Jun 13th, 2017 04:30 PM
So last night I broke my house.
Okay not really but it all happened when I went to bed so I blame myself for an exploding breaker box.
When I was going to bed I unplugged and turned everything off in the living room and went to my room at like 1:15 this morning. I turned on my light/fan and it started flickering and buzzing so I turned it off via the wall switch just figuring it was the bulb about to go out. But when I tried to turn on just the fan it wouldn't come on. I plugged my computer into my wall and my phone to the power cord I have- nothing started charging. I called my mom who was in her room in the back and told her "Nothing's working in my room" So Dad got dressed and went to check the breaker box.
Apparently it smells bad (as in burning smells) and when he tries to turn it back on it arcs and sparks ⚡️ not good things.
Turns out over half the house is out of power including the A/C which is a death wish in the summer of Texas. 🔥☀️🌵 It's 91 degrees out today which definitely isn't the hottest it will be but it's still pretty hot considering humidity. 💦
So the majority of the house is without power and no A/C
Not sure if the internet/cable was fixed because they were powered on but not connecting? There's like a select few outlets that work in the kitchen/living room and then my parents' room has power, and the fridge has power. But that's it. The rest of the living room, the middle/guest room, and my room all are without power.
Received the text from my dad that it most likely won't be fixed until sometime tomorrow.
Looks like I'll be breaking out the inflatable pool earlier than expected lol
f u n.
this is not something we can really afford right now. mehhhh.
just wanted to give y'all a heads up, I was planning on doing a stream today if the power and internet was back on but I think I'm gonna have to hold off on that. I'll post something if I do though!
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Jun 15th, 2017 05:35 PM
So it seems like everything is happening all at once and when the family can't afford it.
My dad has been out of a job since November due to budget cuts. He's got an interview on Friday for one that he's pretty interested in so thoughts, good vibes, prayers would be super appreciated for him to have a great interview.
Yesterday morning the breaker box was completely replaced, new breakers and all.
We found the reason for the house being half dark. Here it is --> http://imgur.com/a/ItOMH
(for reference all of those prongs are supposed to be the same. This breaker literally smelled like a house fire normally does. comforting.)
Any electrician that we spoke to or came over to look at things would come back with "WOAH that's OLD" these are 30+ years old. So new breaker box with all new stuff.
WELL.
I don't know if it was a result to having full power now, but the A/C blew up... literally.
We didn't hear anything but the compressor apparently exploded. So much so that the guy that came over to look at it asked if LIGHTNING HAD HIT THE HOUSE.
Which -no we haven't had any big storms lately. So while the power was out we were running one window unit and a couple of box fans through the house which was definitely better than nothing. Now that we have power we are doing the same but it's much easier running them through wall plugs and not the loud obnoxious generator.
So we are still without A/C I believe that's being replaced tomorrow. (possibly today I'm not sure if that happened though- haven't heard anything from my dad)
I'm thinking the outage also fried our microwave which was on its last leg. It has power but none of the buttons work. And the little mini fridge that I had in college is no longer cooling (which that one isn't a huge deal it just had some extra drinks and stuff in it). SO we need a new microwave on top of the new power box and A/C.
SO. All of that happened. And my dumb cat (who I love with every ounce of my being even though he can be a real asshole) decided to stick his head in a cup of water over night and it fell over and dumped on my dad's laptop. It will not turn on now. He's got a lot of stuff on there that I'm really really hoping they can recover. But I'm hoping I might be able to dig into my savings and maybe get him a new one for Father's Day/ his Birthday which is a few days before mine in July. He's been needing a new one for a while, his is just slow and constantly gives him problems at this point.
So overall some good thoughts/vibes/ prayers if you're into that would be greatly appreciated for this family of mine haha.
Everything is going crazy all at the same time. Let's hope this is the last of it for a long while.
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That's super sweet of you
Holy crap, no AC?! IN TEXAS?! (I lived there and mexico for about a year) o.O that be horrid! Hope they do fix it tomorrow!