SeaCat
Hey, my Halo is smoking
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Okay it's chilly down here in soutern Florida. (Well chilly for us.) It's supposed to get down to 34°F tonight.
We got home from work and turned on the heaters. The place was warming up nicely as I sat at the computer wearing sweat pants and sweatshirt. Then the power went out. Grumbling I went into the bedroom and checked the Breakers even though I wasn't running anywhere near enough electrical heaters to pop them. What I found surprised me. Three of the breakers had popped at the same time.
I reset the breakers and watched as the lights came back on. I was heading back to the computer when the breakers popped again. This time I heard something curious. When the power went out the wife of my next door neighbor started yelling in Spanish. When I reset the breakers again she stopped.
For the third time the breakers popped and again she started yelling. Now I was getting curious, something was up. Grabbing a jacket I went outside and started looking around. Much to my surprise I found four extension cords running from my outside sockets into the night. Following them I found they stretched across the yard to my neighbors place. OKay this just isn't right, their playing leach off my electrical system to heat their place.
I went inside and told my wife we would have power back in a minute or three as I dug through my tool box. Back outside I went and started unplugging the cords. I coiled the cords as I walked across the yard while listening to my neighbors wife screeching. When I reached the cracked open window the cords were running to I stopped just long enough to cut the cords there before returning to my place with the coiled cords in my arms. Once back inside I dumped the cords in the back room and switched the power back on.
My neighbors wife is still screeching, I have my power back on and I have some power cords to put new female plugs on.
Cat
We got home from work and turned on the heaters. The place was warming up nicely as I sat at the computer wearing sweat pants and sweatshirt. Then the power went out. Grumbling I went into the bedroom and checked the Breakers even though I wasn't running anywhere near enough electrical heaters to pop them. What I found surprised me. Three of the breakers had popped at the same time.
I reset the breakers and watched as the lights came back on. I was heading back to the computer when the breakers popped again. This time I heard something curious. When the power went out the wife of my next door neighbor started yelling in Spanish. When I reset the breakers again she stopped.
For the third time the breakers popped and again she started yelling. Now I was getting curious, something was up. Grabbing a jacket I went outside and started looking around. Much to my surprise I found four extension cords running from my outside sockets into the night. Following them I found they stretched across the yard to my neighbors place. OKay this just isn't right, their playing leach off my electrical system to heat their place.
I went inside and told my wife we would have power back in a minute or three as I dug through my tool box. Back outside I went and started unplugging the cords. I coiled the cords as I walked across the yard while listening to my neighbors wife screeching. When I reached the cracked open window the cords were running to I stopped just long enough to cut the cords there before returning to my place with the coiled cords in my arms. Once back inside I dumped the cords in the back room and switched the power back on.
My neighbors wife is still screeching, I have my power back on and I have some power cords to put new female plugs on.
Cat