Stuff that happened to you that doesnt deserve a thread

[DarthBranMuffin]

Sorry to hear that ... we too have had a few of those burst geyser experiences of recent, as clearly geysers don't like the intermittent water and power supply currently the norm in SA .... I now have the belt an braces approach with pressure regulation, anti backflow valve and (air),pressure release on the water main coming into the house as well as on the individual geysers.

Plumber gave me the same rundown, going to add a new pressure valve by the geyser (already got one on the mains coming in), non-return valve will be replaced, air pressure release will be replaced. The one that popped lasted us about 5 years (had a 3 year warranty on it), so it was bound to give in with the recent issues we had up and down our main road with water leaks and pressure changes.

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

Plumber gave me the same rundown, going to add a new pressure valve by the geyser (already got one on the mains coming in), non-return valve will be replaced, air pressure release will be replaced. The one that popped lasted us about 5 years (had a 3 year warranty on it), so it was bound to give in with the recent issues we had up and down our main road with water leaks and pressure changes.

Glad to hear you're doing the same on the "protection mechanisms" ... Methinks the ol' maxim of "kak en betaal" has become a way of life in SA ... sorry to be the harbinger of doom, but belts and braces are required if we wish to apply first world technologies in a fourth world environment

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

Glad to hear you're doing the same on the "protection mechanisms" ... Methinks the ol' maxim of "kak en betaal" has become a way of life in SA ... sorry to be the harbinger of doom, but belts and braces are required if we wish to apply first world technologies in a fourth world environment

Lucky for me it runs through the Complex's insurance and I only cover 50% of the excess, something I wish I knew I could do 6 years back when we moved in here when I replaced the busted gravity geyser and forked out everything from my own pocket.

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

Lucky for me it runs through the Complex's insurance and I only cover 50% of the excess, something I wish I knew I could do 6 years back when we moved in here when I replaced the busted gravity geyser and forked out everything from my own pocket.

A 50% reduction on home maintenance is certainly better than a kick in the backside ... and if it's any consolation ... at least you now have high pressure hot water ... I have horrid memories of them old gravity fed geysers ... having a shower and someone flushing a toilet

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

A 50% reduction on home maintenance is certainly better than a kick in the backside ... and if it's any consolation ... at least you now have high pressure hot water ... I have horrid memories of them old gravity fed geysers ... having a shower and someone flushing a toilet

That is what the problem was the first time around... not just the flushing and someone putting on the washing machine, but that ebb and flow and stop and go and hot and cold, was like childhood all over again being the youngest and only getting the last turn to bath/shower (hoping that my sister did not decide to titivate or my brother did not fall asleep in the bath just to get some hot water left over for me). Brings new meaning to just hopping in and out of the bath...

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

That is what the problem was the first time around... not just the flushing and someone putting on the washing machine, but that ebb and flow and stop and go and hot and cold, was like childhood all over again being the youngest and only getting the last turn to bath/shower (hoping that my sister did not decide to titivate or my brother did not fall asleep in the bath just to get some hot water left over for me). Brings new meaning to just hopping in and out of the bath...

Fond (NOT!) childhood memories that I relate to fully

 

[Hooked]

Things definitely happen in threes.

First, the kitchen counter legs collapsed at the bottom and I had to have them replaced.

Then my garage door started giving problems. It wouldn't close all the way down or, if it did, it would rise up again part of the way.

Finally, on Sunday I reversed into my driveway gate. I was watching the garage door as I reversed and I thought that the driveway gates had opened fully. Clearly not. The amazing thing is that the gate, made of solid steel, buckled and came off the rails, yet my car was only slightly dented. Good advert for Toyota.

Monday a local repairman came to help with the driveway gate, which now stood half-open. He was going to drive over it with his Amarok to straighten it, which I doubted would be successful. I honestly thought I'd have to fork out for a new gate. Instead, he and his labourers - a group of about 6 guys, removed the gate and laid it flat on the driveway, then jumped up and down on it. 'Twas a sight to behold. After many, many attempts over the course of an hour they did indeed straighten it! I couldn't believe it!

 

[Viper_SA]

Well I just broke up with my psychiatrist. Not really sure how that makes me feel, but the events leading up to it sucked @ss, so something had to give. I'm reminded of a Tom Petty song now. Let me post it!

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

3 phase power running into our complex shorted out this morning around 06:00. Power surges popped all the plugs and some lights, so rushed to switch everything off to save as much as possible. 21:00 municipality still has not sent out anyone to even just assess the problem. Seems this is going to take a couple of days again...

Thank the old and new gods for a gas stove so I can boil the kettle for tea! And we had my 14yo's birthday today, so we went out for food and to kill time.

Waiting for the horror when the power is restored to see how much electronic equipment we lost. And before anyone says I must get surge protectors, one resident had his surge protectors pop and burn stuck to plugs due to the high surge load we experienced.

At least we are subliminally doing our part for loadshedding...

 

[vicTor]

3 phase power running into our complex shorted out this morning around 06:00. Power surges popped all the plugs and some lights, so rushed to switch everything off to save as much as possible. 21:00 municipality still has not sent out anyone to even just assess the problem. Seems this is going to take a couple of days again...

Thank the old and new gods for a gas stove so I can boil the kettle for tea! And we had my 14yo's birthday today, so we went out for food and to kill time.

Waiting for the horror when the power is restored to see how much electronic equipment we lost. And before anyone says I must get surge protectors, one resident had his surge protectors pop and burn stuck to plugs due to the high surge load we experienced.

At least we are subliminally doing our part for loadshedding...

faaaark, may the old and the new gods be with you

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

3 phase power running into our complex shorted out this morning around 06:00. Power surges popped all the plugs and some lights, so rushed to switch everything off to save as much as possible. 21:00 municipality still has not sent out anyone to even just assess the problem. Seems this is going to take a couple of days again...

Thank the old and new gods for a gas stove so I can boil the kettle for tea! And we had my 14yo's birthday today, so we went out for food and to kill time.

Waiting for the horror when the power is restored to see how much electronic equipment we lost. And before anyone says I must get surge protectors, one resident had his surge protectors pop and burn stuck to plugs due to the high surge load we experienced.

At least we are subliminally doing our part for loadshedding...

Sorry to hear your news ... What more can I say that we don't all already say ... Friggen Eishkom Baskets ... Our electrical infrastructure isn't designed for load shedding surges ... Here's nonetheless holding thumbs that your electrical / electronic appliances / equipment survived

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

Sorry to hear your news ... What more can I say that we don't all already say ... Friggen Eishkom Baskets ... Our electrical infrastructure isn't designed for load shedding surges ... Here's nonetheless holding thumbs that your electrical / electronic appliances / equipment survived

DSTV Decoder - R1000 (no more rugby)
DVD Player - R500 (no more old school movie nights)
2 Aircons - R12000 (kids are sleaping outside for the rest of summer)
Various Power Supplies (phones, laptops, fiber) - R1500 (mobile hotspot is the way of the future)
Printer - R8000 (now I have to write stuff down again)
Sealer - R1000 (how am I going to wrap vapemail now?)
Pedestal Fan - R700 (now the Mrs is going to overheat at night)
Wii console - R1000 (back to board games)
5 lights - R500 (candles, candles everywhere)
Mrs' hair straightener - R2000 (Daise De Melker look back in fashion)

Could have been worse, my beer could go warm if the fridges was ruined.

The cause was found, the high voltage neutral feed outside on the road was stolen (pushing in excess of 350V through the normal supply in surges)... about 1 meter of cable only... bliksems will get about R100 worth of copper out of it, while the rest of us have thousands of rands worth of damage to deal with. Insurance cannot help me until office hours tomorrow. So holding thumbs I can get something sorted for that which is buggered.

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

DSTV Decoder - R1000 (no more rugby)
DVD Player - R500 (no more old school movie nights)
2 Aircons - R12000 (kids are sleaping outside for the rest of summer)
Various Power Supplies (phones, laptops, fiber) - R1500 (mobile hotspot is the way of the future)
Printer - R8000 (now I have to write stuff down again)
Sealer - R1000 (how am I going to wrap vapemail now?)
Pedestal Fan - R700 (now the Mrs is going to overheat at night)
Wii console - R1000 (back to board games)
5 lights - R500 (candles, candles everywhere)
Mrs' hair straightener - R2000 (Daise De Melker look back in fashion)

Could have been worse, my beer could go warm if the fridges was ruined.

The cause was found, the high voltage neutral feed outside on the road was stolen (pushing in excess of 350V through the normal supply in surges)... about 1 meter of cable only... bliksems will get about R100 worth of copper out of it, while the rest of us have thousands of rands worth of damage to deal with. Insurance cannot help me until office hours tomorrow. So holding thumbs I can get something sorted for that which is buggered.

Eish! ... this is terrible news ... removing your neutral at your substation would certainly have sent your mains bouncing up to somewhere between 380 and 440 Volts ... bloody vermin.
They have yet to invent a CVT and or surge protector that could handle a surge such as you would have experienced as they physically cut the neutral, (which would have been followed by a 30+% increase in supply to boot ). If it's any consolation ... there's not much you could have done to prevent damages, other than being off the grid completely. Sorry man ... I feel your pain

 

[Resistance]

DSTV Decoder - R1000 (no more rugby)
DVD Player - R500 (no more old school movie nights)
2 Aircons - R12000 (kids are sleaping outside for the rest of summer)
Various Power Supplies (phones, laptops, fiber) - R1500 (mobile hotspot is the way of the future)
Printer - R8000 (now I have to write stuff down again)
Sealer - R1000 (how am I going to wrap vapemail now?)
Pedestal Fan - R700 (now the Mrs is going to overheat at night)
Wii console - R1000 (back to board games)
5 lights - R500 (candles, candles everywhere)
Mrs' hair straightener - R2000 (Daise De Melker look back in fashion)

Could have been worse, my beer could go warm if the fridges was ruined.

The cause was found, the high voltage neutral feed outside on the road was stolen (pushing in excess of 350V through the normal supply in surges)... about 1 meter of cable only... bliksems will get about R100 worth of copper out of it, while the rest of us have thousands of rands worth of damage to deal with. Insurance cannot help me until office hours tomorrow. So holding thumbs I can get something sorted for that which is buggered.

I pray you get sorted tomorrow. Good luck and sorry you had to deal with this.

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

I pray you get sorted tomorrow. Good luck and sorry you had to deal with this.

By The Power of Greyskull!!!!

I Have (The) Power!!!!

 

[Munro31]

By The Power of Greyskull!!!!

I Have (The) Power!!!!

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There is nothing a man cannot accomplish in fluffy underpants!

 

[Resistance]

By The Power of Greyskull!!!!

I Have (The) Power!!!!

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Dude I used to run from school for that cartoon. Good times!

 

[Resistance]

True,

There is nothing a man cannot accomplish in fluffy underpants!

I wonder if mine still fit me

 

[Munro31]

True,
I wonder if mine still fit me

I tried mine, it hurt me. I never want to talk of this again

 

[DarthBranMuffin]

Dude I used to run from school for that cartoon. Good times!

Have you watched the new series on Netflix yet? Most awesome memories ever! Part two to air soon... 42 year old child, yes I am!!!

 

[Resistance]

Have you watched the new series on Netflix yet? Most awesome memories ever! Part two to air soon... 42 year old child, yes I am!!!

Now that I know. I'm in!

 

[ARYANTO]

This is a post about those moments in your life ... those little unplanned things that happen, that alter your perceptions:
Floating in the pool , I saw this little orange dot swimming next to me , saved it from drowning and spend the next 10 minutes looking at it drying itself in the afternoon sun

 

[Stranger]

How did it taste ?

 

[ARYANTO]

How did it taste ?

too big to put everything I see in my mouth , sir.

 

[GerrieP]

By The Power of Greyskull!!!!

I Have (The) Power!!!!

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I still have my Heman and Sceleton figurines somewhere in a box in the garage. 35 odd years later. Will dig them out and take a snap.