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At Home In The Woods
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chad22
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Get this. When I had my electric turned on. The lineman Asked ME what he had to do to turn my electric on. "Face Palm"
So I had to explain to him that he needed to cut the little tamper proof seal off and then take the cover off the meter panel, set that down. Then pull the meter and take those little boots off the meter that were preventing the electricity from flowing through.
Once that's done then pop the meter back in and close it up again. Then told him now you may put a new tamper seal on it. :laughing:
I was thinking how the he double hockey sticks did this guy get hired on as a lineman. I mean he has to ask the customer how to turn there electric on? OMG
I been working with electricity since I was five. That's ever since I tied a coat hanger to a fuse box and then to a doorknob and got shocked. After that I learned alot about electricity.
I never went to lineman school and I had the knowledge on how to turn the electric on and this lineman didn't?
I even installed my parents main wires, meter loop, meter box and panel on the pole for our mobile home when I was 8. It all passed. The inspector couldn't believe it was an 8 year old who installed it.
Chad
charlz
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If there is insulation in there the ends of the strings may not have gone too far as the insulation would keep it from 'snapping' back. You could drill the lower hole larger so you can see and get long skinny needlenose pliers or a pair of long forceps in there and grab the string. On the top side you either need to tie on more string to pull through or possibly melt on an extension. When tying you almost always end up pulling on the string though so be careful.
When pulling wires we always left a nice loop of slack on each end and either tied it off to the box or tied a washer on the end that was big enough to prevent going back through the hole. In your case the washer would have been perfect as the string would have hung down the wall and out of the insulation guys way.
When pulling wires we always left a nice loop of slack on each end and either tied it off to the box or tied a washer on the end that was big enough to prevent going back through the hole. In your case the washer would have been perfect as the string would have hung down the wall and out of the insulation guys way.
dcyrilc
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Sweet deal. Never can have enough shelving.:thumbsup:
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Tonight I hooked up the storage trailer to the truck in preparation for moving in the house Saturday. I would like to pull the trailer up closer to the garage. Because the very full and heavy trailer is sitting on a slope, I wanted to make sure it didn't slip down the hill when we parked it 13 months ago. So I drove rebar in front of the blocks. I was concerned I might have trouble getting the rebar out of the ground. I loosened the rebar with a hammer, then grabbed the rebar with a pair of pliers and pryed up the rebar with a crowbar under the pliers. Getting the rebar out of the ground wasn't as bad as I thought it might be.
When I backed the truck up to the trailer, it became apparent that the pile of wood under the white plastic in front of the garage was going to prevent us from being able to pull the trailer out around the camper. So I moved the pile of wood into the garage. Even with the stack of wood moved, I still may have trouble getting the storage trailer around the camper.
The wood is pressure treated wood and will be used to build the back porch. The wood under the plastic got sopping wet and will need to dry out. Except for some 2x10's, I stacked all the boards on their edges in the garage to give them air between the boards for drying out. I'll have to do something with the 2x10s to that will also allow them to dry out. Moving the pile of lumber, finding scrap lumber to put under them, and figuring out a way to let them dry took a long time to do. Fortunately the flood lights on the garage gave me enough light to work.
Yesterday we got a couple inches of snow. The ground is now saturated. We are supposed to get a couple more inches tomorrow. The snow may cause our family and friends difficulty getting up the steep street that leads to our driveway entrance on Saturday.
When I backed the truck up to the trailer, it became apparent that the pile of wood under the white plastic in front of the garage was going to prevent us from being able to pull the trailer out around the camper. So I moved the pile of wood into the garage. Even with the stack of wood moved, I still may have trouble getting the storage trailer around the camper.
The wood is pressure treated wood and will be used to build the back porch. The wood under the plastic got sopping wet and will need to dry out. Except for some 2x10's, I stacked all the boards on their edges in the garage to give them air between the boards for drying out. I'll have to do something with the 2x10s to that will also allow them to dry out. Moving the pile of lumber, finding scrap lumber to put under them, and figuring out a way to let them dry took a long time to do. Fortunately the flood lights on the garage gave me enough light to work.
Yesterday we got a couple inches of snow. The ground is now saturated. We are supposed to get a couple more inches tomorrow. The snow may cause our family and friends difficulty getting up the steep street that leads to our driveway entrance on Saturday.
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Today the forecast called for 2 to 5 inches of snow, the day before we move. Fortunately we did not get the snow. There is still supposed to be more snow this evening. I really hope that our street is drivable tomorrow morning so our helpers can get here.
The phone company moved our phone/DSL internet line to the house this afternoon so we no longer have internet in the camper. I'm typing this post using my smart phone.
This evening we were able to get the storage trailer backed up near the garage. It was tight getting the trailer around the camper, trees, and gravel pile but we got it done. I said some prayers and very thankful we got the trailer moved without incident.
Now if Old Man Winter will cooperate tomorrow...
The phone company moved our phone/DSL internet line to the house this afternoon so we no longer have internet in the camper. I'm typing this post using my smart phone.
This evening we were able to get the storage trailer backed up near the garage. It was tight getting the trailer around the camper, trees, and gravel pile but we got it done. I said some prayers and very thankful we got the trailer moved without incident.
Now if Old Man Winter will cooperate tomorrow...
dcyrilc
Super Member
OK, let me throw out some thoughts here. Worst case....
If nobody can make it to help unload the trailer, how much do you need to actually be able to live in the house???
1) You need the stuff for your daughter. That's in the camper.
2) You need a way to cook and eat. Dishes, etc. are in the camper... not sure about the stove. You could cook in the camper if you had to.
3) You need a place to sleep. Can you get to a bed to unload it? How about sleeping bags or blankets on the floor for a few days if it came to that? BTDT.
4) You need someplace to be able to sit down. Camp chairs?
Seems to me that you can still move into the house even if you can't get the trailer unloaded right away due to weather. You might not be as comfortable as you'ld like to be, but it should be easily doable.
Something I'm curious about here. Why the phone? Why not put the computer in the house and plug it in?