What's that all about?

Electrickery

'Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring,
except for toaster who decided he was going to fit a new electric light

It's not often I ask myself this, but.... why?

Because it bloody well needed doing that's why. So I'm opening the instructions and I'm thinking, these had better not be like the barbeque instructions. And they weren't. Nice and simple. A diagram with 3 wires. One going into Live, one going into Neutral and a last one which was the Earth. Doddle!

So I switch off the entire electric supply and get at the wiring where the old light used to be. Hmmmm, not three but FIVE wires. So I shove the 2 red ones in live, the 2 black ones in Neutral, earth the earth, switch the electric back on and Voila! On comes the light. Am I the dogs or what. So far so good. But Toaster can't just do good can he... noooooo... he has to do better.

My girlfriend decides that "while I'm doing that, I might as well get the other one done as well" And part of me is thinking - "Nah - can't be arsed" and the other part of me is thinking "done one - this one will be even easier"

Anyway, I sort of moan about it, as you do, and then I get the look. You know the one that stops you listening to any voice of reason and just makes you "do what she says" The look of that scabby cat in Shrek ...


"Ok, ok. Off goes the electric, down come the seven, seven? [I did a double take you see] SEVEN wires!!

So now there are seven wires, a metal plate, a screwdriver, a ladder and oodles of real life threatening electric. I'm off to get my rubber underpants and away we go.

To be continued ....

posted by Toaster @ 5:49 AM