[plug] [OT] Possible fire hazard

[Richard Meyer]

On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 14:36 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 14:31 +0800, Richard Meyer wrote:
> 
> > Anyone who can give me the name and contact details of who to approach
> > to set this person right. (Not that I think she'll ever be set right -
> > I've told her twice, and the owner says he's told her that they are data
> > cables, but they become "electrical cables" and become a fire hazard
> > AGAIN)
> 
> It sounds to me like you just found a very good reason to upgrade to
> fibre :-P
> 
> More seriously, they are electrical cables really. The fact that they
> carry vastly less power than a phone cable (or at least operate at a
> lower voltage - not sure what the current is like in an Ethernet cable,
> but I imagine minimal), let alone a power cable, does kind of make it
> pointless though.

The Western Power people laughed at the suggestion that rows of houses
were burning down in areas that had ADSL with ethernet ;-)

Maybe it's a sign that I need wireless.
> 
> Maybe you should just explain that they're like phone cables for
> computers to talk to each other over? "Data cable," "ethernet", etc is
> likely to go "woosh" over some people's heads.

I suspect she doesn't WANT to be enlightened.
> 
> It's also possible the agent just wants to be rid of you / wants to make
> trouble and is looking for excuses, no matter how dumb. It wouldn't be
> the first time such a thing has happened.

That is exactly what I think is happening. The agent is new, and the
owner let slip that they were friends, so I presume she told him that
she could rent the place for more. 

Other things she bitched about include leaves and dust on the verandah -
I mean, please, it's often dry in Perth, and the wind has been known to
blow. Apart from that there are spider webs in the eaves, which upset
her for some reason. I need them to keep the flies in control ;-)

-- 
Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>