A Costly Oops

@just4him (323168)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
May 22, 2016 11:49am CST
I've told you in the past how easy it is for circuits to blow in this house. Another good reason to move. Anyway, one day last week I blew a circuit in the kitchen. All I did was plug in my griddle to make a couple burgers, and it has ended up being one of the costliest blown circuits yet. Costly because it affected the refrigerator. I heard the fridge gurgle, but didn't think anything of it until I also realized my griddle wasn't getting hot. I did go down and take care of the circuit and restored power to my kitchen. However, that gurgle was not good. My freezer doesn't freeze anymore. Yesterday, we threw out a lot of food from the freezer. There is still some that hasn't completely thawed yet because it is still cold in there, just not freezer cold. So I won't be buying anything for the freezer before I move, and everything left in there, will get eaten as quickly as possible before I have to throw that out as well. A lot of money went into the garbage yesterday, and that wasn't a good thing. Any food we buy now, will be as we need it, so we don't need to worry about having it go bad. Have you done anything unintentionally that cost you? Thanks for reading.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
22 May 16
many times.But it is done whatever I did
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
I'm glad it's taken care of.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May 16
I'm sure I have done something. Have forgotten it and filed it away somewhere I guess. So the place doesn't come with kitchen appliances?
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May 16
@just4him ...That's good. Something else to get rid of huh?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
@celticeagle I had to cook up 20 burgers last night. They were completely thawed.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
All the apartments I looked at online do, so there is no use taking them with.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
23 May 16
What bad luck.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
Yes it was. I ended up cooking up a box of burgers last night that were completely thawed.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 May 16
Wow, I'd be afriad of setting other stuff off, and would prob have everything not in use unplugged, which I know doesnt work for freezers and fridges, but you know what I mean
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• Centralia, Missouri
25 May 16
@just4him esp since it seems like you are at great risk of a fire!
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 May 16
@Jessicalynnt God's been watching out for me on that score with so much on one circuit - all my computer cords and the TV and DVD also on the living room and bedroom circuit. One more plug on that one and it would blow the circuit, which is why I run the extension cord to the kitchen for the heater. Now that summer is here, I don't need that one anymore.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
24 May 16
I didn't know there were only two outlets on that circuit, nor did I realize both couldn't be plugged in at the same time. I'll be very glad to move.
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 16
That is a shame. I hate having to throw out food but if you can't use it there is nothing else for it.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
I ended up cooking up all the burgers last night as they were completely thawed.
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 May 16
@just4him Once they're cooked they could be refrozen - but then your freezer isn't working, is it?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 May 16
@JudyEv No, so we're eating them as fast as we can so they don't go bad on us.
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@dwstory (1276)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 May 16
Did you find another place to live yet.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
Not yet, and that will take a while. It's not up to me to find it this time. I'm hoping though that housing gives me a few options to choose from.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 May 16
@dwstory Thank you, me too.
@dwstory (1276)
• Roseburg, Oregon
24 May 16
@just4him I hope they find you a place that is nice.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
22 May 16
We still have fuses here and for some reason the dishwasher and the thermostat are on the same one. It blows often, especially in wet weather.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
That's not good.
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
22 May 16
I probably did something over the years but can't remember them all. Except going over the cord from the electric lawn mower.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
Yeah, that probably wasn't a good thing to do.
@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
23 May 16
I think we have at one time or another but I can't think of anything off the top of my head at the moment
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
Then it wasn't too costly. That's a good thing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
23 May 16
there are some instances that i unintentionally plug something in the socket and then there was an uneventful outcome, but no, there were no costly after-effects though.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 May 16
That's a good thing.
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