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Sparky
10-20-2012, 07:40
I am waiting for the landlord to come over and check it out before I tear it all apart. He will probably blame me for using it. Idiot

http://i.imgur.com/Xyz9S.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/KjL3x.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/x64C1.jpg?1
whiskeyjack
10-20-2012, 07:45
Glad it didn't
stenz
10-20-2012, 07:48
If you don't have it, you need to get renters insurance. its very affordable.
birddog
10-20-2012, 07:56
Whoa, that was probably pretty exciting for a little bit.
lpgasman
10-20-2012, 08:12
If you don't have it, you need to get renters insurance. its very affordable.

Ill say, i pay twelve dollars a month.
van7559
10-20-2012, 08:13
What is the picture of?
Tinelement
10-20-2012, 08:15
Woulda given a whole new meaning to your screen name!

Glad nothing turned serious!
StagLefty
10-20-2012, 08:16
What is the picture of?

Looks like the vent over a stove.
Glad it wasn't worse Sparky [Beer]
Sparky
10-20-2012, 08:35
What is the picture of?

vent hood over range.
spittoon
10-20-2012, 09:16
well sparky,,, [Coffee] glad you are ok
Gunner
10-20-2012, 09:20
Wow that's crazy! Hope it all goes well. And look into renters insurance if you don't have it, especially with a landlord like that
Ridge
10-20-2012, 09:48
Our poor sparky almost had to get his name changed to bernie!
cofi
10-20-2012, 14:20
so what went wrong?
Circuits
10-20-2012, 14:22
My furnace burnt up like that on the coldest day of the year of the 2005-2006 winter. Which gave me burst pipes to deal with after I got it replaced, and again, in the spring with one of the outdoor spitcock valves. Be glad it got its meltdown over with at the start of the cold season rather than in the middle of it!
Sparky
10-20-2012, 15:28
so what went wrong?

Not really sure other than the motor burned. Not sure why it was during the night.
sniper7
10-20-2012, 15:45
wow, glad it didn't light off!
Mazin
10-20-2012, 16:01
Glad your ok man!
RJLou
10-20-2012, 17:36
Definitely get insurance. My renters insurance is technically $12/ month (on my statement) but the "multi-policy discount" was enough to cover it. Payment actually went down about $0.50/month!
SideShow Bob
10-20-2012, 18:07
Well, as they say : Plumbers have the worst pipes and Electricians have the worst wiring............

Glad that everyone is OK and the only casualty was your skivies when you woke up to a house full of smoke and you smoke alarms blaring.........
rondog
10-20-2012, 21:39
Rental house? I highly suggest you check out the clothes dryer (if it has one) and the vent pipe. I did that in a rental house once, and freaked out at the condition I found the shit in. It was ready to go up at any moment. The handle of the lint screen was broken, so the other tenants never cleaned the lint trap out. Blew my mind how much crap I cleaned out of the whole thing, and there was already paint burnt off part of the dryer, it had gotten so hot.
SideShow Bob
10-20-2012, 21:45
Rental house? I highly suggest you check out the clothes dryer (if it has one) and the vent pipe. I did that in a rental house once, and freaked out at the condition I found the shit in. It was ready to go up at any moment. The handle of the lint screen was broken, so the other tenants never cleaned the lint trap out. Blew my mind how much crap I cleaned out of the whole thing, and there was already paint burnt off part of the dryer, it had gotten so hot.

It wouldn't hurt to pop the panel(s) off the dryer and vacuum the built up lint out from the innards, that is where most dryer fires start It can be profitible too if pick out all the built up pocket change first. [Tooth]
Mountain Boy
10-20-2012, 22:10
Sadly when I was a landlord, part of the introduction to the cond was "this is a lint trap, clean it after every use". Worse yet was the hot little college chickies looking at me with the blank stare!
Jer
10-21-2012, 01:20
Electric motor burnt up. My mom's friend lost their house to something very similar but in the bathroom. Those things can be dangerous. Glad it wasn't bad.