It's daybreak, but the electricity still hasn't come on. I wonder if there was too much wind and rain at night and the power lines there were broken, or the transformer there was damaged by lightning, which caused the power outage.

But it’s best to ask your neighbors. My neighbor, Mrs. Fan, said there was no power outage. She also turned on the lights in her house to show me. Since there was no power outage, the problem should be at home.

I went back, found an electric pen and checked it at the switch. The indicator light of the electric pen did not light up. This means that there is no current passing through the meter. To put it simply, it is likely that the wire outside the house is broken, causing no electricity to enter the house.

First, I visually inspected the wires, and slowly I discovered the problem. It turned out that a wire was broken. There are two ways to deal with this problem. One is to go to the village and turn off the main switch, and then change the wire; the other is not to

I found a village where I could operate without power outage. I thought about it and chose the second method. It was just that the wires were connected to the house from under the eaves of the neighbor's house along the wall.

So we had to coordinate with the neighbor to set up a ladder in his yard to change the line. Fortunately, the neighbor readily agreed this time. So he asked his brothers to help carry the ladder to the neighbor's house and set it up.

But at first glance, the height is not enough. It is still about one meter short. What should I do?

After thinking about it, I simply went to lift the table. Lift the table, put it steady, put the ladder on the table, climb up and check, it was just right. Lean against the wall, hold the cornice board with your left hand, and operate it with your right hand.

It is more convenient. Take out the electric pen and check it. If the light is on, you can confirm that the broken wire is the "live wire" and the other wire is the "neutral wire", so if you check at home that both wires are not lit, it is normal.

After understanding the situation, I went down the ladder to prepare materials. Considering that I was going to "renovate the rural power grid", I didn't buy new wires. I found the old "leather wires" that my father used to work in the mines when the company broke up, and made do with it.

Use it.

Don't underestimate the leather wire. This is considered a good wire in rural areas. Its surface is a layer of fire-resistant insulated asbestos wire, then a layer of insulating rubber, and the innermost part is an aluminum core wire.

After finding the wires, you also need to find vise and electrical tape. Think about it, what is missing? The material for fixing the wires. Yes, that's it. I quickly rummaged through the box and found two pairs of ceramic pads and two wood screws.

After preparation, pull the broken wire to the courtyard wall and cut it. Measure the cut wire better than the leather wire, reserve an extra half meter in length, cut it, then connect it to the old wire end, and wrap it with electrical tape.

Wrap tightly.

Then I climbed up the wall of my house, stood on the wall, passed the wood screw through the small hole in the middle of the ceramic pad, fixed it on the cornice board with a correction knife, passed the leather thread through the two ceramic pads, and straightened it.

Tighten the wood screws to secure this end.

I went down to the courtyard wall to find a bamboo pole, fixed the leather thread on the bamboo pole, and slowly climbed up the ladder with the bamboo pole. My brothers were holding the table and ladder below. When I climbed to the top, I still felt a little weak. After all, it was my first time.

Live operation. Although my physics is very good and my knowledge of electricity is enough to cope with this situation, I have never done it in actual operation.

After calming down, I clamped the bamboo pole with my legs, hugged the cornice with my left hand, and adjusted the direction of the live wire to avoid electric shock.

Then he took out the wood screws and ceramic pads with his right hand, threaded them and put them in his left hand and pressed them on the cornice board. Then he took out the correction knife and twisted it. When it was almost done, he put the correction knife back. Pick up the bamboo pole, took off the leather thread and handed it over.

Go to your left hand and throw the bamboo pole onto the courtyard dam. Then pass the leather wire through the ceramic pad and tighten the wood screws to fix it. Cut off the excess part of the leather wire, leaving a three centimeter bare end, and then use a vise to remove the live wire head.

Cut out three centimeters of bare ends, and use vise pliers to fold the bare ends in half, but do not fold them tightly.

After doing these preparations, take a rest, which is the most critical connection. Use a vise to buckle the bare end of the leather wire to the bare end of the live wire. A small spark was generated at the moment of contact, but it is not a big problem. Carefully use the vise to secure it.

Clamp the connector, put back the vise, take out electrical tape, wrap the connector tightly. Change the wire and you're done.

When I got off the ladder, I felt a lot more relaxed. I carried it back to the ladder table.
Chapter completed!