Ahh, the fun of hardware. There is a light down at the church that has not been functioning for a couple of weeks aparently. Since the resident electrician has left, it is up to me as the deputy to do some of the simpler electrical stuff. Now I should explain that the campus of three small buildings have been built over the last hundred years or so, and there have been various upgrades. There are fuse boxes all over the place, and they are commonly poorly labeled. Or even mis-labeled.

I had great problems trying to find how this light circuit SHOULD have been getting power. I could not work it out. After probably 20-30 minutes I found that there was one circuit that was not getting power – the Hot Water Service. It was switched off. Strange. Turning it on caused another light to come on, but not the light I was interested in. After more investigation I managed to find that the starters in the light had also failed. Ahh, it all works again now!

Time for some lunch, and then I will probably get some work done – some paid work that is. I have enough to keep me going for a few hours! More than a few hours actually…