Fitting some new curtains, including new rails and those metal hook holdback things.
Whenever drilling into a wall I always have my trusty wire/pipe detector handy. Yesterday was no exception, but as I had been out buying curtains and soft furnishings I was being rather girlish (I'm a method shopper, I have to get into character ). So, I totally forgot to use it.
Started drilling, "oooh, through the plaster, bit of resistance on the blockwork, press harder"...
BANG! FIZZLE! SPLUTTER! BZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
I've never actually found a wire before, so the one time I forget to check there it is. I managed to drill dead centre through a length of T&E, so causing a live-neutral short.
Having rewirable fuses, the light show was quite fantastic and went on for possibly a whole second! Does anyone know the current that is flowing to knock out a 30A fuse in that amount of time? Oh, and is plastic capping actually intended to offer any degree of protection at all?
So glad I wasn't banging in nails
Whenever drilling into a wall I always have my trusty wire/pipe detector handy. Yesterday was no exception, but as I had been out buying curtains and soft furnishings I was being rather girlish (I'm a method shopper, I have to get into character ). So, I totally forgot to use it.
Started drilling, "oooh, through the plaster, bit of resistance on the blockwork, press harder"...
BANG! FIZZLE! SPLUTTER! BZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!
I've never actually found a wire before, so the one time I forget to check there it is. I managed to drill dead centre through a length of T&E, so causing a live-neutral short.
Having rewirable fuses, the light show was quite fantastic and went on for possibly a whole second! Does anyone know the current that is flowing to knock out a 30A fuse in that amount of time? Oh, and is plastic capping actually intended to offer any degree of protection at all?
So glad I wasn't banging in nails