Renovation Adventures was quite shocking today. Yep. Electrical work. So I decide to replace the outlets down there as the existing ones were quite worn looking. I shut the breaker off and proceed to dismantle the outlet box. This particular box has one incoming and two outgoing runs. As I start to put things back together I get a nice buzzing zap. The first time I thought I just jabbed my thumb on the sharp end of the wire because I turned off the breaker. It happens again. Now I’m awake and am wondering what the hell is going on. It took me awhile but I figured out there were two breakers running thru there. The black run was what I was working on. Yet there was also a red wire belonging to a different breaker. Yep. Once I got it all sorted out all went together pretty good.It was an exercise in patience. It kinda reminded me of praying. Often I’ll sit there and pray and meditate and my mind will wander. Imagine what would happen if we got a jolt each time that happened. I was able to go on and finish up the rest of the outlets. Tomorrow I will need to go buy two more and a few box covers.
