We got a call Wed the lady said she was worried about a receptacle that was making a funny noise. What kind of noise we said? She said "I don't know it just sounds like electricity". We had wired the whole house several months earlier so we immediatley rushed right out fearing it was an arcing connection.
When we got there she was on the phone and she ushered us in and led us to the suspect receptacle. We heard nothing and proceeded to pull the cover plate and had the receptacle half out when she returns and says "do you hear it?" we still don't hear anything then she puts her ear real close and says "I can hear it". So I put my ear real close and sure enough I hear a faint ticking. I said "Do you mean that ticking sound" as I look out the window to the irrigation timer mounted on the outside wall
opposite the receptacle. "Yeah that's it!" she says. Then I lead her outside and said "listen to this" as I point to the timer.Then she says "Oh I feel like such a dope" We didn't mind as we were relieved that we hadn't made a wiring error.
Of course there was the time a customer said that renters had destroyed half the wiring in the house and when we got there we discovered the problem: half the breakers were switched off!
And my own wife told me the TV was making a buzzing noise every few minutes-it was my pager laying on the dresser!
Brian
[This message has been edited by Brian Winkle (edited 08-07-2003).]
