Hi again.
A few weeks back at work my office suddenly become engulfed in a lovely aroma of smelly old fish. The smell was absolutely disgusting ,and I spent an age hunting high and low trying to track it down. After a couple of days I was getting comments from work colleagues about it, when they would pop in to my office.
To be honest it was starting to get a little embarrassing as i starting wonder if they thought it was me!!.
After a few more days it mysteriously disappeared again and I thought no more of it. For the next few weeks it would come and go for brief moments and as it was exceptionally busy with the run up to Christmas I just ignored it and made light of the matter to whoever came into my office when the smell was evident.
Today the mystery was solved in quite a dramatic manor.
Behind my desk I have got a mass of computer/ printer wires etc all tucked away out of site. One of the many electrical devises I have was an electric fan heater. Today it stopped working dead in its tracks and as I went to unplug it I noticed the whole plug had melted into a charred mess. Before I touched it I isolated all the power before teasing it out of it socket. I could instantly smell this vile smell of fish on it ,and quickly deduced this was the cause of it. After getting the electrician in to do a safety check, he told me that the old bakelite insulators in plugs etc always give off thus pungent smell when there is a bad connection that in turn causes the insulation to over heat and burn. The plug was badly melted as was well as the socket.
So ,just a cautionary tale to share tonight with you good fellow members. If you have an unexplained smell of fish in your home ,check all your plugs and sockets for the source or any evidence of electrical issues.
You may be surprised.
All the best .
Johnny.
A few weeks back at work my office suddenly become engulfed in a lovely aroma of smelly old fish. The smell was absolutely disgusting ,and I spent an age hunting high and low trying to track it down. After a couple of days I was getting comments from work colleagues about it, when they would pop in to my office.
To be honest it was starting to get a little embarrassing as i starting wonder if they thought it was me!!.
After a few more days it mysteriously disappeared again and I thought no more of it. For the next few weeks it would come and go for brief moments and as it was exceptionally busy with the run up to Christmas I just ignored it and made light of the matter to whoever came into my office when the smell was evident.
Today the mystery was solved in quite a dramatic manor.
Behind my desk I have got a mass of computer/ printer wires etc all tucked away out of site. One of the many electrical devises I have was an electric fan heater. Today it stopped working dead in its tracks and as I went to unplug it I noticed the whole plug had melted into a charred mess. Before I touched it I isolated all the power before teasing it out of it socket. I could instantly smell this vile smell of fish on it ,and quickly deduced this was the cause of it. After getting the electrician in to do a safety check, he told me that the old bakelite insulators in plugs etc always give off thus pungent smell when there is a bad connection that in turn causes the insulation to over heat and burn. The plug was badly melted as was well as the socket.
So ,just a cautionary tale to share tonight with you good fellow members. If you have an unexplained smell of fish in your home ,check all your plugs and sockets for the source or any evidence of electrical issues.
You may be surprised.
All the best .
Johnny.
