All the lights in the apartment went out this evening. Exciting! I tried flipping the breakers back on again, but nope.
So I called some random electricians… and they arrived within half an hour! And identified the problem within twenty minutes! It was the outlet seen above, which had had a meltdown. It smells pretty funky, I can tell you.
Doesn’t it look a bit suspicious? The screw that has the wire that ran warm is of a different colour than the rest? And a slightly different shape. Are they supposed to look like that, or did the previous electrician jerry-rig something from different parts…?
Anyway: I’m impressed, and it’s nice that they didn’t have to tear down the walls or anything to find the problem. And now I’ve got lights and heat again, which is nice.