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Posted by David Nebenzahl on September 8, 2008, 6:41 pm
On 9/8/2008 2:10 PM Bob Simon spake thus:
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:51:43 -0700, David Nebenzahl
>
>>On 9/8/2008 1:39 PM Bob Simon spake thus:
>>
>>> Last night, the reading light and clock on my headboard both went out
>>> at the same time. I jiggled the extension cord plug and they
>>> momentarily came back on but would not stay on. I figured there might
>>> be a lose wire in the socket and since I didn't want to deal with it
>>> at the moment, I moved the extension cord to another outlet on the
>>> other side of the bed. Once again, the connection was intermittent
>>> and would not stay on.
>>>
>>> Right about then, my laptop started complaining that the battery was
>>> about to die so I plugged its power supply into the wall socket where
>>> I had moved the extension cord to. No power. So I started to plug it
>>> into a third outlet and before I could even insert the plug half way,
>>> the reading lamp and clock came back on.
>>>
>>> What's going on here? Can someone give me some tips to troubleshoot
>>> this situation?
>>
>>Hard to tell from your description what's going on exactly: are all the
>>things that are having problems running through the extension cord?
>>Maybe it's time to throw it out and get a new one. I'd start there
>>before you start suspecting "loose wires" in sockets, an unlikely
>>(though possible) problem.
>
> No, the LED on the computer power supply did not light up when I
> plugged it into the second outlet.
So you may have bad outlets. If so, the solution's pretty simple:
replace them.
Now, if you're handy and knowledgeable about simple electrical repairs,
you'll know how to do that safely and correctly. That way, we don't have
to go through that whole business of "make sure the power for that
circuit is turned off; get the right outlets to replace the old ones",
etc., etc. If not, you can guess what I'm about to suggest:
Call an electrician.
--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
- Paulo Freire
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