A week I'd like to just forget, thanks
Over the last month I've been randomly losing power as the safety switch flips, getting more and more stressed as it started to happen more frequently, culminating in four different occurrences on Thursday.
I was going mad trying to figure out what appliance was causing the problem, and I freaked the fuck out for the 24 hours I thought it was the fridge. Especially since the only way to test that hypothesis was to turn off and unplug the fridge - and throw out all the food that of course then spoiled. I think that was the only time I was relieved when the power shut off: I was looking at fridge prices online and wondering if I could just not eat for two weeks, put off all my bills and maaayybe I could replace it. I actually sat in the dark and cried with relief when the power flipped off then.
But thanks to a helpful chat with my brother the electrician, it seems like I might have narrowed it down to the dryer. (Turns out even if you switch an appliance off at the wall, if it is still plugged in it can draw power and trigger the safety switch when another appliance is then turned on.)
Which is complicated by the fact that I rent, I'm not meant to have pets, am currently cat-sitting, the dryer is provided by the landlord, who delivered and installed it personally, less than a year ago (so it's still pretty new).
But you know what? I don't need to buy a new fridge, so I'm still feeling like a winner. An emotionally and physically exhausted winner, still recovering from a prolonged period of high anxiety, but a winner none-the-less!
I was going mad trying to figure out what appliance was causing the problem, and I freaked the fuck out for the 24 hours I thought it was the fridge. Especially since the only way to test that hypothesis was to turn off and unplug the fridge - and throw out all the food that of course then spoiled. I think that was the only time I was relieved when the power shut off: I was looking at fridge prices online and wondering if I could just not eat for two weeks, put off all my bills and maaayybe I could replace it. I actually sat in the dark and cried with relief when the power flipped off then.
But thanks to a helpful chat with my brother the electrician, it seems like I might have narrowed it down to the dryer. (Turns out even if you switch an appliance off at the wall, if it is still plugged in it can draw power and trigger the safety switch when another appliance is then turned on.)
Which is complicated by the fact that I rent, I'm not meant to have pets, am currently cat-sitting, the dryer is provided by the landlord, who delivered and installed it personally, less than a year ago (so it's still pretty new).
But you know what? I don't need to buy a new fridge, so I'm still feeling like a winner. An emotionally and physically exhausted winner, still recovering from a prolonged period of high anxiety, but a winner none-the-less!