So I went up to visit my mum yesterday as she was putting a new heater into her fish pond and she was asking if I had a spare 1 amp fuse. I thought that was a bit low for a heater but the box for the heater confirmed it was indeed a 1 amp that was required. I checked her outside sockets as well, and they were OK and she had an RCD fitted so thought it was safe enough to plug in.
Yep, I was wrong, after tripping the fuses/RCD - I checked the plug wiring, and she had wired the ground and neutral wires the wrong way around (no she's not colour blind), the worst part was my step dad had 'checked' her wiring before-hand and said it was correct.
Anyway I rewired and tested and everything worked fine.
So the old dear gets chatting away about her Ipad and telling me she's been storing her stuff in 'the cloud', I asked her if she knew what the cloud was - she thinks it's 'somewhere in space - near where the satellites are!', I was trying not too laugh, but trying to explain what it was just wasn't sinking in so I ended up just saying it was somewhere near heaven - lol.
I'm sure there are probably many more on here that have heard something similar, but it makes me chuckle sometimes what goes on in peoples minds.
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