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PaulOPTC t1_j225gtv wrote

I’m an electrician,

We were working with a kitchen and bath company.

This couple had been living in their house for 10 years. They finally wanted to redo the kitchen because half of the outlets never worked and they have had to run extension cords for all of their appliances.

Turns out the GFCI kitchen countertop outlet was tripped and just needed to be reset.

One click, would have saved them from 10 years of running extension cords for appliances

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Revenge_of_the_User t1_j22yuls wrote

Moved into a house. Roomie calls me downstairs because she wanted to go out the basement door because she cant get it open.

I give it a yank. Nope, its closed. But the way it moves -

I wordlessly reach over and slide a little gate lock open thats clearly visible just above the knob and open the door. Total time spent: 5 seconds.

She facepalmed so hard, all i could say was "man, i wish all my problems were that easy to solve."

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Nurs3Rob OP t1_j24jcwy wrote

I had to call an electrician once over the GFCI outlets in my kitchen. One tripped and I couldn't get it working again. Turns out I have like three in a row on the same circuit, which I've been told is unnecessary, and when one trips they cascade. Electrician only charged me like $50 to explain all that which I thought was fair.

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