I’m not expecting anything from this post but need to get it out.
To start at the beginning, we had a large extension completed last year. Still a bit rough around the edges but liveable. A lot of too-ing and fro-ing from tradespeople towards the end.
For some reason DH has been a little uncomfortable with a couple of bits, including the electrics. We got a certificate from the electrician etc for building control, so that set his mind at rest a bit.
Last week a friend, an electrician, was round to quote for something else. As part of that he looked at our current set up. Long story short he was horrified to see that we had no RCDs/circuit breakers in the new set up. So were something to overload the system, the power wouldn’t go off and we would be none the wiser. So if a bare wire had touched one of the heating pipes for example, our entire heating system would be electrified and anyone who touched it would have fried, and we could have been downstairs not knowing anything about it until we found a body. Or if we changed a lightbulb without switching off at wall (easily done if the bulb has blown and you don’t know if it is on or off) etc etc.
Anyway. Dh is dealing with building control about reporting old electrician, and our friend rejigged his day to fix it for us. He cannot get his head around an electrician making such a fundamental error.
Fast forward to last night, kids in bed, we hear a switch trip, for the sockets. Have a nosy around, can’t see anything so assume it was a dodgy lamp. A few mins later our youngest, 4 appears half asleep. Take him back to bed. Notice a puddle on the floor. So, he got up to go for a wee, but was asleep and wee’d in the corner of his room. He’s never done this before. But as it happens, he wee’d on a plug socket, which is what tripped the system.
As DH pointed out, if we hadn’t had the system fixed last week, that could/would have electrocuted him. Just a week ago. We would have known nothing about it until going up to check on him at bedtime, by which time he would have been long gone.
I can’t get my head past that image, and the weird turn of events.