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.

 

[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!