I'm so glad I'm moving
Mar. 21st, 2007 07:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rusty_haloSo I get home today to find that my roommate has broken my lamp. It's in the kitchen, and he tripped on its wire while doing laundry. Okay, but the glass part around the top shattered, and left shards of glass everywhere, and he did a crappy job of picking it up. There were bite-sized shards of glass next to my cats' food bowl. And he offered to pay for another glass rim part "if I could find one." Why do I have to find it? He's the one who broke my lamp!
Oh, and the reason the lamp was in the kitchen? Both of the kitchen lights stopped working. I replaced the bulbs; they still don't work. Something with the wiring. And I can't call maintenance because of my cats. Apparently I'll be cooking in the dark now.
And then I got my lease renewal notice. Rent is increasing by $200/month for one year, and $400/month for two years. $2800/month for a one-bedroom with a leaky roof and lights that don't work? I know Manhattan's nicely located and all, but I don't mind moving anyway because the culture is really going to suck when only insanely rich people can afford to live here.
Fuck it. Brooklyn, here I come.
Oh, and the reason the lamp was in the kitchen? Both of the kitchen lights stopped working. I replaced the bulbs; they still don't work. Something with the wiring. And I can't call maintenance because of my cats. Apparently I'll be cooking in the dark now.
And then I got my lease renewal notice. Rent is increasing by $200/month for one year, and $400/month for two years. $2800/month for a one-bedroom with a leaky roof and lights that don't work? I know Manhattan's nicely located and all, but I don't mind moving anyway because the culture is really going to suck when only insanely rich people can afford to live here.
Fuck it. Brooklyn, here I come.
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Date: 2007-03-22 07:25 am (UTC)Are they striplights? If so, have you replaced the starter motors? Next to the tubes, that's the most common problem and a lot of people don't realise there's something else there to check. Also make sure that the pins are fully engaged as some style lights need twisting clockwise before the tubes will fully lock in.
Failing that, check your fuseboard and see if any of the switches are down or, if it's the older type of fuseboard, check if one of the buttons has popped out or if any of the fusewire is broken (the lights will be on one of the 5amp circuits). If that's not the problem then yeah, you have a wiring issue.
p.s. Your roomate sucks!
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Date: 2007-03-22 09:45 pm (UTC)*stares hard at what you wrote for about five minutes with zero comprehension*
...what?
Thank you for trying to help, but I'm technologically clueless. I will try asking one of my more technologically astute friends to look at it!
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Date: 2007-03-22 10:23 pm (UTC)the second is about blown fuses. i think i know about that. there are 2 types of fusebox. one that has switches for the circuits & one that has fuses. y'know, they screw into the box like light bulbs. if you have access to your fusebox, you can check to see if a) one of the switches has flipped to the off position or b) one of the fuses looks like the fusey goodness inside is broken (i'm less good with fuses).
if a switch has flipped, just reset it by flipping it back. if the fuse is bad, you can replace it. they're not expensive.
i may not make any more sense. you may already know what i'm explaining, too. if so... never mind.