Barb, you should be ok. If it's not still smoking, should be fine. Feel the wall right above the outlet where the cable would be heading, if it feels warmer than the wall areas around it, then there might be a problem. But if it's the same warm from sun beating on it as the rest of the wall, you should be fine. Hopefully it's just some gak that got power washed into the outlet, and shorted it out. If you know what breaker it is on, you can flip that off. The electrician will need to do that to replace the outlet anyhow. But that should put your mind at ease.
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omnis_audis - Aug 27, 2009 7:54:39 am PDT #20920 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Barb - Aug 27, 2009 7:58:21 am PDT #20921 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Well, it's been raining all morning and the house surface is actually pretty cool so if there was appreciable warmth around it, it would be easy to feel. Since everything, including the outlet itself is cool to the touch, I'm going to attempt to relax. A little.
The breaker is off, o_a-- that was the first thing I did. And I've got the extinguisher nearby.
omnis_audis - Aug 27, 2009 8:01:31 am PDT #20922 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
if the breaker is off, no power is going down that line to the outlet, so you should be fine. See, you reacted perfectly! Killed the breaker, and had extinguisher on the ready! Nothing to fear.
Barb - Aug 27, 2009 8:08:07 am PDT #20923 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I will not freak out
I will not freak out
I will not freak out
I will not freak out
I will not freak out
Glamcookie - Aug 27, 2009 8:08:26 am PDT #20924 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
{{{Barb}}}
omnis_audis - Aug 27, 2009 8:11:53 am PDT #20925 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
{{{ Barb }}}}
Scrappy - Aug 27, 2009 8:12:51 am PDT #20926 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Barb--o-a is wise. Electricity is really really predictable. Now that the breaker is off, you really are fine. Think of it like water--once you close a valve, water is not going to sneak in.
Zenkitty - Aug 27, 2009 8:12:57 am PDT #20927 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Scary, Barb! You did exactly the right things, though.
Shir - Aug 27, 2009 8:15:12 am PDT #20928 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh, Barb. {{{}}}, although I didn't understand what the problem was (I tried Google some of the things, but alas, it just confused me more). So sorry, but I can't be useful.
But it'll turn out alright. Eventually.
WindSparrow - Aug 27, 2009 8:15:41 am PDT #20929 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
{{{Barb}}}