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Late Night Electrical Emergency In Milwaukee, WI Part 1


I was on another interesting call last night. At 10:00 pm, I received a call from a homeowner on the north side of Milwaukee, WI. Her location was not the ideal location to go to late at night but I went because she needed an electrician for some serious emergency electrical repairs to her wiring.

When she called me, she was initially vague saying, “You just have to cap a floor outlet off”. I gave her the standard morning diagnostic price to come out and correct the wiring but she wanted to have the work taken care of ASAP. She gave me her address, phone numbers, and explained she revealed she had a floor receptacle that started sparking.

When I arrived at the job, I was concerned about three security issues. 1) There was not any driveway to park in. I parked on the poorly lit street with my emergency electrician’s service vehicle. 2) In front of the house and my parking space, there was an unusually large bush by a tree between the sidewalk and the road; it looked like a good place for people to hide behind when they are up to no good. 3) There was another large group of overgrown bushes in front of the yard in about the same area, another good hiding place.

I used my Rayovac Sportsman high power 2/4 watt flashlight to examine the bushes just in case there were any perpetrators hiding in the bushes. The north side of Milwaukee is not the safest place in the world during daylight hours, at night it becomes more dangerous. This past weekend, there were 5 murders in 5 hours, that was unusual but still, I don’t want to be a statistic if I can avoid it by remaining alert and especially not walking into a bad situation,…

As it turned out, the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) had just been out for the second time in a month. The electrical floor receptacle that was causing the problem was thought to be de-energized. Just one month earlier, she had the Milwaukee Fire Department come out and they turned off two kitchen circuit breakers, and they said to keep them off. The homeowner did as she was told. The problem, the firefighter was wrong about the circuit breakers to turn off and the floor receptacle was still energized and on the edge of burning up. Last night as the owner was mopping the kitchen floor, some of the floor cleaner and water went into the receptacle on the floor. Just ask the owner, she will tell you that moisture and water do not mix well. She has a new appreciation for electricity now,…

Part 2 tomorrow

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Late Night Electrical Emergency In Milwaukee, WI Part 1


I was on another interesting call last night. At 10:00 pm, I received a call from a homeowner on the north side of Milwaukee, WI. Her location was not the ideal location to go to late at night but I went because she needed an electrician for some serious emergency electrical repairs to her wiring.

When she called me, she was initially vague saying, “You just have to cap a floor outlet off”. I gave her the standard morning diagnostic price to come out and correct the wiring but she wanted to have the work taken care of ASAP. She gave me her address, phone numbers, and explained she revealed she had a floor receptacle that started sparking.

When I arrived at the job, I was concerned about three security issues. 1) There was not any driveway to park in. I parked on the poorly lit street with my emergency electrician’s service vehicle. 2) In front of the house and my parking space, there was an unusually large bush by a tree between the sidewalk and the road; it looked like a good place for people to hide behind when they are up to no good. 3) There was another large group of overgrown bushes in front of the yard in about the same area, another good hiding place.

I used my Rayovac Sportsman high power 2/4 watt flashlight to examine the bushes just in case there were any perpetrators hiding in the bushes. The north side of Milwaukee is not the safest place in the world during daylight hours, at night it becomes more dangerous. This past weekend, there were 5 murders in 5 hours, that was unusual but still, I don’t want to be a statistic if I can avoid it by remaining alert and especially not walking into a bad situation,…

As it turned out, the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) had just been out for the second time in a month. The electrical floor receptacle that was causing the problem was thought to be de-energized. Just one month earlier, she had the Milwaukee Fire Department come out and they turned off two kitchen circuit breakers, and they said to keep them off. The homeowner did as she was told. The problem, the firefighter was wrong about the circuit breakers to turn off and the floor receptacle was still energized and on the edge of burning up. Last night as the owner was mopping the kitchen floor, some of the floor cleaner and water went into the receptacle on the floor. Just ask the owner, she will tell you that moisture and water do not mix well. She has a new appreciation for electricity now,…

Part 2 tomorrow

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