veni vidi vici
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Had a Christmas cookie party for my son and the neighborhood kids tonight,and one of the moms brought a space heater for the garage to keep warm and smoke.Well it overloaded the circuit.I went down to reset the circuit breaker but it didn't trip and i found it odd that some other lights and outlets scattered throughout the house where out and some where live.Nothing was zoned off.Not by room ,not by floor i even found some outlets that worked in rooms with no power to the light. So i tried to reset the breaker anyway and no power ,so i shut it off,called a electrician friend and he said he would come in the morning.
Well this turn of event effectively ended the cookie party and everyone went home.I put my son to bed checked on my daughter that had surgery on Monday and went to take the garbage out.Im outside and i smell smoke and start thinking about the electrical problem and cant tell if its heat or smoke coming from my chimney and roof vent.I run back inside the house pop open the attic scuttle and my attic is filled with smoke.I am so glad i went outside because you could'nt smell anything inside.I yell to my wife that the house is on fire grab the boy and call 911 i grab my daughter and out we go.Im so thankful we weren't a sleep because where the fire was we would have been going out the second floor window if we woke up at all. Here is the fried wire and damage.
Well this turn of event effectively ended the cookie party and everyone went home.I put my son to bed checked on my daughter that had surgery on Monday and went to take the garbage out.Im outside and i smell smoke and start thinking about the electrical problem and cant tell if its heat or smoke coming from my chimney and roof vent.I run back inside the house pop open the attic scuttle and my attic is filled with smoke.I am so glad i went outside because you could'nt smell anything inside.I yell to my wife that the house is on fire grab the boy and call 911 i grab my daughter and out we go.Im so thankful we weren't a sleep because where the fire was we would have been going out the second floor window if we woke up at all. Here is the fried wire and damage.
