john in la
Well-known Member
My son owns a condo in Maryland. It is managed by a Rental Management company because they live in another state and are out of the country some of the times.
He tells me the management company had to call a electrician out because the renter complained about a light that would not work even with a new bulb.
The electrician gets there and finds a breaker blown. He turns on the breaker and it blows again.
After doing some checking he finds that the renters were using portable electric heaters to heat one room.
Their thought was; we turn down the central heat and heat this one room we are in most of the day with portable heaters.
Saves on electric bill.
Problem is they had several small heaters on one circuit and it was blowing the breaker.
So now my son has paid a electrician to make a house call; after hours; to tell a renter you can not overload a circuit; and show them how to flip a breaker back on.
I swear we are raising a generation of idiots in this country.
He tells me the management company had to call a electrician out because the renter complained about a light that would not work even with a new bulb.
The electrician gets there and finds a breaker blown. He turns on the breaker and it blows again.
After doing some checking he finds that the renters were using portable electric heaters to heat one room.
Their thought was; we turn down the central heat and heat this one room we are in most of the day with portable heaters.
Saves on electric bill.
Problem is they had several small heaters on one circuit and it was blowing the breaker.
So now my son has paid a electrician to make a house call; after hours; to tell a renter you can not overload a circuit; and show them how to flip a breaker back on.
I swear we are raising a generation of idiots in this country.