RE: weather--electrical problems

Since it is a local company and not a specific off duty person, I doubt that
will work.  Besides, he says he's in the same boat as we are...is trying to
dispose of his parents/grandparents/kids left behind items.  Of such is
life.  

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:30 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] weather--electrical problems

Wish I could send you the neighborhood electrician from here. He works
reasonably, as long as you are willing to wait till he has some off time.

Actually, he was here today, so got my outdoor plugs wired and working now!
Yeah! The house came with one plug in the back... and of course between pond
pumps, railroads, and other 'stuff'.. it just was a pain. Now I have 6!

Bonnie, maybe you have some junk you can unload on him?  Since I was only
paying labor (he makes you a list and you go get everything he needs), we
traded some items I had laying around. Like his kid wanted a classical
guitar, had one I haven't used in years...
and the list went on. It was great- got rid of 'stuff'
and got what I really needed done. I was thrilled with the trade off and I
didn't have find someone to sell this stuff too.

Donna

--- Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
wrote:

> Daryl, wish that I could share our bounty of rain with you and Pam!
> (Thanks, Donna, for sending that this way, BTW.) Oh, well.  I need to 
> clear a spot out of the garage attic anyway.  After that storm 
> Thursday before last, the lights in the kitchen/dining room area and 
> the one outlet that powers the microwave quit working.  DH checked all 
> the outlets and replaced all the switches, but could not find anything 
> causing the "open" condition in a neutral wire keeping everything from 
> working.
> The electrician was here
> yesterday...pretty much all day.  At first he tried to say Bill had 
> messed with the wiring, but after three hours of doing what Bill had 
> already done and not finding the problem, he backed off his earlier 
> presumption.
> Apparently, the builders covered some junction boxes.  We found one 
> (unfortunately, not the problem junction box) under some cabinets 
> attached to the ceiling.  At 3:00pm he gave up and started trying to 
> figure a way to re-wire around the offending "open" in the hiding 
> junction box.
> Unfortunately, that means bringing line up through the wall between 
> the house and garage to get me working lights in the garage!  He also 
> discovered (while on the hunt) 3 open junction boxes in the attic 
> buried in paper insulation.  I thought he was going to fall off his 
> ladder!  He also discovered our buss is nearly gone as well.  You 
> don't need me to tell you that this means no additional purchases for 
> the garden or anything else this year.  UGH!  Still, if it will 
> prevent a fire and allow us to have light....
> 
> 
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Daryl
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 2:55 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather
> 
> Oh please, send us some of that rain! We haven't had a good soak since 
> March. It's gone north of us and south of us, but even when the 
> tornadoes went through we only got a dribble. And it's so dry and 
> windy that it's just sucking every bit of moisture from the plants. 
> I've run the well down twice now, and am fearful that I'll burn out 
> the pump again.
> 
> d
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather
> 
> 
> > Rain here too. Our MG nursery has canceeled shrub
> planting.
> > Guess it is time for house cleaning and computer
> work.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> 
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