man finally has electricity installed

[Loz]

Originally Posted by emamum23

probably till he blows the fuses and has no idea what to do lol

Yeah i was thinking that too!
He will probably be happy to go back to his gaslamp thingy!
Sorry i'm half asleep been up since 4.30am and not long finished work!

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by emamum23

probably till he blows the fuses and has no idea what to do lol

Fuses are 'old hat' - his new install will have a circuit board with a 'trip switch'. Gone are the days of messing with bits of fuse wire.
He has so few mod con appliances that a circuit overload is extremely unlikely.

[Nori Brick]

how the hell did he mange to ring the fire brigade aswell with no lecy? surely by the time he got back from the phone there wouldn't have been a house to go back too.

[Loz]

Good point Nori,never thought of that!
Maybe a neighbour or passer by spotted it and phoned the fire brigade for him?

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Nori Brick

how the hell did he mange to ring the fire brigade aswell with no lecy? surely by the time he got back from the phone there wouldn't have been a house to go back too.

Only radio phones and mobile phone chargers need an electricity supply.

[Loz]

Again good point Margeret!!
Not thinking straight atm i'm afraid!
Need sleep but am not tired!

[Nori Brick]

yeah but how did he manage to phone the fire brigade? if he didn't have any lecy an he didn't have any modcons till he shelled out for his lecy by the time he got back from the phone the house would just be a wall of fire.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Nori Brick

yeah but how did he manage to phone the fire brigade? if he didn't have any lecy an he didn't have any modcons till he shelled out for his lecy by the time he got back from the phone the house would just be a wall of fire.

You haven't twigged have you
An old style non radio type phone works without leccy



PS I keep one in the cupboard to phone the power supplier when the leccy has gone off

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Loz

Okay then!
Weird imo,the novelty will soon wear off,wonder how long he will keep himself amused flicking the lights on and off!
I can just picture him now,its a bit sad really when you think about it,must be a lonley sheltered life without telly or radio or company etc...

Somebody did that Loz and called it art not too long ago, think it was an entry for the Turner prize

[Nori Brick]

I always thought that phones needed to be conected to some type of electricty, I'm not being ignorrent.

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Nori Brick

I always thought that phones needed to be conected to some type of electricty, I'm not being ignorrent.

Well I suppose if you have never used an old style phone you can be forgiven

Think about it - phones were in use in the days before most homes had electricity

[katex]

Perhaps he did have a mobile Margaret, and used the hotel's sockets to shove his charger in ?

Like Entwisi says, not exactly cut of from electric items.

[Loz]

To be fair when we have a power cut the phone still works so maybe that was it?

[polly]

Originally Posted by Nori Brick

I always thought that phones needed to be conected to some type of electricty, I'm not being ignorrent.

Maybe he has a mobile phone that he charges in his car?

[entwisi]

or even a wind up charger.