small electrical issue

i turned on the brooder light ( since they really don't need it.....we turn it off at night, and it isn't a heat lamp anymore......but just a light)

only to hear some odd popping noise at the light which blew out the bulb and at the circuit breaker box

followed by the ups surge protector for the computer beeping...........

apparently something was a bit ..............wrong

ok so i flipped the breakers on and off
nope still hearing beeping
i noticed that the fridge and micro were also off

but the rest of the lights etc, and the freezers were all still on

i call bernie

he's busy

he tells me to flip the breakers

that didn't work dear............any more ideas?
nope just that
( apparently i didn't flip the breakers CORRECTLY............huh?)

finally it was 'call ken'

ken is our neighbor and electrician
he is a good man
there is a very special place in heaven for this good man

he told me
'ok, don't worry, put the fridge on an extention cord for now, i'll get down there later'

very good
i sat and knit for the day
( alpaca smoke ring for a friend of mine....in a sort of woodsy bark like brown and gray, her request for brown, with a lace cast on, flared, and a slightly tapered, plain stockinette body, with fingering on size 5 needles......i'm gonna be here a while)

5 came and went........i figured let me call ken back

'i forgot about you'

i had to laugh cause he really IS that busy

so i tell him

'ok the basement door is open, ignore the young roosters running around ( they are out of the box and running around........they crack me up, but they will be processed this coming week i think)
i have to bring the ducks in'

ken was amazing
he figured it out right away
the circuit lost it's neutral
he fixed it
and he only charge me about the price of a meal for ONE at red lobster!

told you

special place in heaven for this man

meanwhile the roosters crowed at him
they raised dust clouds
( i am still coughing)

and the poor man left here talking to chickens.......seriously he was actually starting to discuss things with the boys!
hahahaha

oh man

so we got a fixed circuit
i got a LOT of knitting done
and the chickens had some quality time with a visitor that wasn't us

i hope ken enjoyed it


vi