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2 days ago, one of the trades that's been here working on the house had to come back and redo some stuff because the city inspector didn't pass their work. Part of this involved them having to install a new electrical outlet (instead of just stringing an attractive extension cord around the garage -- gee, who knew? *eyeroll*). Anyway, they put the new outlet in and everything seemed fine.
Yesterday, the power company had the power off for 3 hours to our neighborhood, not to replace our electrical meter like I thought (they still have to come and do that so that'll be more time with the power off in the future *sigh* ) but to fix the problem that caused the blackout that happened last week -- you know, the one that fried my router? o_O Anyway, they got the power back on at noon and everything seemed fine. I went out to get something out of the freezer in the garage and noticed that things seemed a little more "damp" than they should've been but figured it was from the power being off for 3 hours and now that it was back on, everything would be fine.
Today I see a huge puddle of water under the freezer and finally discovered that, when they were changing the outlets, they didn't just turn the power off to the garage by the main panel, they shut down the outlets individually in the garage. For 2 days, the freezer has been SWITCHED OFF.
Everything in it is a loss. Of course, the trash was picked up today before I knew about this, so now I'll have a freezers' worth of spoiled food to keep for a whole week.
I understand that this was my fault for not checking both days that the freezer was actually on and instead just assuming that it was. (It's hard to tell because there's no light in it or anything... :S ) I'm just so tired of having one disaster after another with this thing. I'm just so tired of it ALL and there's still so much more let to do. I wish I could just run away and forget about all of it. :(
The real kicker? That same trade that started this whole mess? Just added $2000 dollars to their bill! O_O Was that the thoughtful "defrosting the freezer" charge, you think??? (Okay so it was an unrelated thing, but still... How lovely it came in on the same day, you know? :S )
Yesterday, the power company had the power off for 3 hours to our neighborhood, not to replace our electrical meter like I thought (they still have to come and do that so that'll be more time with the power off in the future *sigh* ) but to fix the problem that caused the blackout that happened last week -- you know, the one that fried my router? o_O Anyway, they got the power back on at noon and everything seemed fine. I went out to get something out of the freezer in the garage and noticed that things seemed a little more "damp" than they should've been but figured it was from the power being off for 3 hours and now that it was back on, everything would be fine.
Today I see a huge puddle of water under the freezer and finally discovered that, when they were changing the outlets, they didn't just turn the power off to the garage by the main panel, they shut down the outlets individually in the garage. For 2 days, the freezer has been SWITCHED OFF.
Everything in it is a loss. Of course, the trash was picked up today before I knew about this, so now I'll have a freezers' worth of spoiled food to keep for a whole week.
I understand that this was my fault for not checking both days that the freezer was actually on and instead just assuming that it was. (It's hard to tell because there's no light in it or anything... :S ) I'm just so tired of having one disaster after another with this thing. I'm just so tired of it ALL and there's still so much more let to do. I wish I could just run away and forget about all of it. :(
The real kicker? That same trade that started this whole mess? Just added $2000 dollars to their bill! O_O Was that the thoughtful "defrosting the freezer" charge, you think??? (Okay so it was an unrelated thing, but still... How lovely it came in on the same day, you know? :S )
