I had a power cut on Monday evening.
It meant an early night for me.
When the power came back on, it must've surged, as it fried my router.
Internet access at home is currently via a BT wireless hot spot.
Either that or the router had developed a fault (eg. power supply capacitor death) that would have prevented it from starting up the next time it was deprived of power, or allowed to cool down. Tommy Flowers' famous observation on the reliability of electronics is timeless.
Continuing the electrical theme, I've just been visited by the electrician who gave me a funny look while parking his van as I set off on a Bike Ride yesterday afternoon. I was unaware that the mistake agent
[1] was repeatedly voice-calling barakta's mobile in an attempt to warn us of an incoming electrician, and funny looks from WVM are par for the course when you ride an unusual bicycle.
He's now gone off in search of a replacement Pissy Landlord Electric Shower™
[2] that can be fitted with a minimum of plumbing. I'm not sure if plumbing done by electricians is worse than electrical work done by plumbers.
[1] Not the usual one, who we have well trained.
[2] No idea what the cable is, but it's on a 32A breaker, so a lukewarm trickle is all we can get. The objective here is for the lukewarm trickle to emerge from the hose, rather than the wrong side of the solenoid valve.
