For God's sake!

[rocker]

Traced an IR fault on a ring to a socket in a very untidy teenager's bedroom. The room was literally shin-deep in rubbish, and the socket was handily behind an in-built bed, with a very VERY thin space up the end of it.

I should have realised I was in trouble when, half way crawling/slithering up the end of the bed, I knocked a DVD player off the widowsill which hit me right in the head.

So I test at the socket and try to get out. Unfortunately in shuffling out backwards I manage to a) get entirely stuck, and b) get my tester and probes stuck underneath me, and am leaning on the 'test' button.

So I'm getting the full 500V, I am beyond stuck and literally can't move, and the only person in the house is the disabled guy downstairs. Of course, the power is off so his stairlift doesn't work, even if he could help! So I have to wait for the battery to run out (a good 10 minutes) and then wait about an hour before this guy's son comes home and can pull me out.

I need a beer.

 

[johnboy6083]

if only you could of filmed this. it would make youve been framed! lol

 

[millwall ken]

Traced an IR fault on a ring to a socket in a very untidy teenager's bedroom. The room was literally shin-deep in rubbish, and the socket was handily behind an in-built bed, with a very VERY thin space up the end of it.

I should have realised I was in trouble when, half way crawling/slithering up the end of the bed, I knocked a DVD player off the widowsill which hit me right in the head.

So I test at the socket and try to get out. Unfortunately in shuffling out backwards I manage to a) get entirely stuck, and b) get my tester and probes stuck underneath me, and am leaning on the 'test' button.

So I'm getting the full 500V, I am beyond stuck and literally can't move, and the only person in the house is the disabled guy downstairs. Of course, the power is off so his stairlift doesn't work, even if he could help! So I have to wait for the battery to run out (a good 10 minutes) and then wait about an hour before this guy's son comes home and can pull me out.

I need a beer.

Lol, ce la vie mon amie....

 

[truckster]

Thanks for that, I was feeling a bit low, now I just have to change my trousers

 

[Frosty69]

Sorry but my eyes are watering reading this! Quality

 

[Phil]

i can`t even post a reply to this that would not need editing so i won`t all i can say is i wish we had video but the mental image is nearly quite as good. does your meter just keep giving the 500v out then till you stop perssing the button?

 

[millwall ken]

i can`t even post a reply to this that would not need editing so i won`t all i can say is i wish we had video but the mental image is nearly quite as good. does your meter just keep giving the 500v out then till you stop perssing the button?

You're not wrong mate all that was missing was the family dog coming in and biting him on the butt...

 

[Electricalserv]

Probably the best story I have ever heard from a spark.....I'm in stitch's here.....

 

[Phil]

me thinks rocker is in distress as he is not replying but hats off too him for posting

 

[Electricalserv]

Made my day here. Its not a too frequent occurence when you spit brew all over your keyboard. But it just happened!

 

[millwall ken]

me thinks rocker is in distress as he is not replying but hats off too him for posting

You're right mate, just wait til he comes back online.... Oh is he gonna get it!!!

 

[Phil]

Made my day here. Its not a too frequent occurence when you spit brew all over your keyboard. But it just happened!

all i can say is its a good job he was not bursting for a pee you can imagine the consequences not only to the pants having a wet patch but furthermore the increased effects to the 500v

 

[Phil]

come on rocker you need to reply

 

[rocker]

Ha ha sorry guys, Durhamsparky decided to ring me up to take the pee personally for a while....

You can 'lock' the tester by pressing f2 which makes it keep on a-meggering, but this time (i think) what happened is I had the probe jammed between my back and the tester, and it was pushing down on the test button. Right on the spine! Ut really hurts and makes you get crazy legs! Mind you, afyter the first four or five minutes, you tend to get used to it.....

Thanks for all the sympathy, by the way!

 

[Phil]

Ha ha sorry guys, Durhamsparky decided to ring me up to take the pee personally for a while.... Quite rightly so

You can 'lock' the tester by pressing f2 which makes it keep on a-meggering, but this time (i think) what happened is I had the probe jammed between my back and the tester, and it was pushing down on the test button. Right on the spine! Ut really hurts and makes you get crazy legs! Mind you, afyter the first four or five minutes, you tend to get used to it.....

Thanks for all the sympathy, by the way!

hehe makes you get crazy legs thats not very pc rocker i bet the batts were nicely charged as they always are when you don`t need them to be.
glad your meters ok mate and ur crazy legs

 

[rocker]

I was doing bloody riverdance, aye! And yes the bloody batteries never last any time when I need them......sodding batteries.

 

[Phil]

I was doing bloody riverdance, aye! And yes the bloody batteries never last any time when I need them......sodding batteries.

if it happens again make sure you have the phone to hand so you can record it for us please mate. can you imagine the hits on you tube for that youd have ended up on rude tube.

 

[rocker]

I know, I could have had £250 off harry hill and internet stardom! I really need an apprentice with a camera phone and a sense of humour.

 

[Hawk81]

This has to be the best story on this forum yet! Ha ha

 

[telectrix]

heh heh, headlines in the Sun. Electrician Invents DIY defibrillator.

 

[Sintra]

Now that story makes today's hangover from hell seem blissfully pleasant.

 

[Phil]

heh heh, headlines in the Sun. Electrician Invents DIY defibrillator.

more like;

"Electrician Invents DIY defibrillator and ends up with Crazy leg syndrome "

 

[Phil]

Now that story makes today's hangover from hell seem blissfully pleasant.

not for rocker it doesn`t

 

[Phil]

morning paper

 

[Paul.M]

The HSE would have a field day with this if they knew!

Great story rocker, you certainly deserve that beer.

 

[High Tower]

Any good self respecting apprentice would have changed the batteries for you!

 

[rocker]

'Have you been injured at work?'

Need to sue myself for being a complete mong.

It was blinkin' hilarious, mind.....

On the beer now, and lasagne on it's way which makes everything better

 

[1shortcircuit]

Carlsberg don't do stories but if they did.......

Hilarious rocker, Thanks for sharing

 

[AlanWirral]

LOL thanks for sharing rocker! Trying to explain to my wife why I laughed so much reading it, needless to say after a short lesson in IR testing she found it funny...but passes on her best wishes to your spine x

 

[brucelee]

rocker well mate what can i say

well you could have borrowed my mrs tens machine which gives electrical impulses to stimulate nerves and stop pain

But i see you have invented your own

me and my mrs cant srop laughing

this gets my vote for post of the year 2011 lol

 

[72-van]

I second brucelee on the best post

 

[mogga]

PMSL iv just read through all the suggestions n adding together Iv got tears n a BIG smile
your lucky the guy fea the house didnt turn power on to get chairlift going lol

 

[Electro-tech]

I bet that wasn't written in his Risk Assessment. Signed Lonely worker.

 

[Goody]

probes stuck underneath me...

Where exactly?, hope, no vital parts were damaged and you still could carry on as an electrician, LOL. Feel sorry for you!

 

[rocker]

Where exactly?, hope, no vital parts were damaged and you still could carry on as an electrician, LOL. Feel sorry for you!

Ha ha only in the back luckily! I've told the guy that we are disconnecting that socket as it's in a stupid location and we'll put one in a more accessible place. In reality, I ain't crawling up the side of that bed again. Also told him to get his son to tidy his room for Christ's sake!