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@ElonBachman
Sep 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Ok, Twitter electricians:

Just lost power in *half* my condo unit

Flipping the breakers does nothing

The outlets that lost power can still power very low voltage devices (electric shaver, etc.)

What's this imply?
Ok, so they took the breaker panel off the wall, and one (some?) of the breakers had corroded contacts where they attached to some sort of rail thingy

So they are going to put in new breakers for now, then replace the whole panel later

Thanks everyone!
Culprit:

Things have taken a Kafkaesque turn

Electrician patched up the 110v stuff, but has to replace something upstream in the building to bring 220v back online

This requires shutting off power to two floors...
Shutting power off on a floor requires the permission of the regulator (seriously)

Regulator must be petitioned in person

Between 9:00am and 1:00pm (seriously)
Yesterday the electrician missed the 1pm deadline, so he went back today

The "supervisor" wasn't in (seriously)

"Come back tomorrow"

So if I'm lucky I'll get hot water, AC, and a stove back tomorrow

Pray for me.

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