electrical wiring in villas
hi all, just got back fr trip this morn (man i miss doha
)anyways sent kid to school got caught in traffic then when i got home i smelt smoke coming fr kitchen and lo and behold my standing freezer the plug was on fire and it had melted. all this happened when i was out in the morning , this is the 2nd time it has happened to me this yr. in jan the plug for the heater in the puter room melted. good thing we were at home (it happened at night when my mom(visiting) was asleep. and good thing wat happened today did not burn the whole villa. now question- wat kind of quality for the electrical wiring is done for villas here in doha??is it the quality of products used or is it the way the wiring is done??what???pray tell dont want to be roasted well done and charred one fine day due to all this ....just thought i'd share with all of you. am now awaiting the electrician to come have a look.....stay safe ppl
the man - thank you but i live in a compound and the landlord will take care of it but will keep yr number in case someone might need an electrician
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indeed they are and i have been their customer for the last 18 yrs now way back when mr chendol there was selling fr his motor roda 3 and so did the mr rojak too. hmmm how time flies.....enjoyyyyy
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Guess they really doing well...not surprise, coz their rojak n cendol really good. Will try to find it later. Thanks.
no no CG there is another restaurant hassan in SS15 too just go to the the place where they used to sell the rojak n cendol now just drive straight on and then you see the restaurant hassan and they are just somewhere across fr there......a permanent 'warung/gerai'.
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Aha....i knew it..You mean they moved to taipan? Restoran Hassan Taipan? OK! Thanks for the info.
hey jack yr explanation certainly put a smile on my face.....lol>thanks
yeah the electrician explained that we should get very good quality ones so looks like i gotta bring it fr 'outside' qatar,
hey CG yes i just got back and feel so good to be back here (home)btw the rojak and cendol man they have moved to further down the road closer to restaurant hassan and this time they got a kinda like a permanent stall so no more moving for them for a while so they told me
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Its not the wireing...its the socket..
(ignore any pun)
The female socket is loose so when a male plug is inserted there is loose contact between the pins and there are sparks also due to which on most plugs there is a black cut like mark visible.
Usually the plug melts and sometimes become unplug-able.
These sparks could lead to fire if there are anything inflameable nearby like newspaper, tissue box/role etc
The remedy is quite simple. The female socket pins have to be molded with a Nose-Plier so as to form a concave shape. So that the male pin irrespective of the size fits like a glove into the female socket.
I wonder why they are not being manufactured in a concave shape.
Recently I brought 5 - 3pin adpaters from India and thats the end of the loose contacts. People were wondering why one is taking electric sockets to Gulf .
How was yr holiday?
I faced the same problem too. The other day, there was a smoke coming out of my kitchen light...and that was really scary. Wondering why the mainswitch don't turn off.
JhunBug..that expain why my light bulb blows so often.
in most villas, electrical wiring were not properly grounded.. so everytime there is a power surge or overload a light bulb blows up or an outlet get shorted.. I change at least 5 light bulbs a month in my villa and there's nothing I can do about it.
agree with ya abu the previous villa we lived in for 3 yrs i went by 4 eletric water jugs(that's the kitchen) whilst in the masterbedroom where my table lamp is in the middle of the night i would be awaken by this sizzling sound good thing nothing happened to me else i would not be here to tell this tale.....can something at least be done properly here especially for the amt of money we are paying twds rentals???
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