By chewsef - 09/08/2016 03:22 - United States - Concord

Today, I thought I'd save some money by doing my own electrical work. When I turned the power back on, it caught fire. FML
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chewsef 17

OP here....I'm getting hammered on this one as I expected. Waiting on a electrician as we speak.

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Top comments

UnicornsForKurt 7

That's why it takes at least 4 years to become a qualified electrician (at least where I am). No amount of money you could save is worth your life. Hope you were able to put the fire out :)

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Mathalamus 24

You should be leaving that to the experts...

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epiccrazy 15

I can relate. My sisters now ex husband installed a hot tub. It worked great until it burned the house down

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nitant 13

Its fine.... keep trying and learn from your mistakes. Its really not that hard.

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cghvuufyhhg 3

my dad's an electrician and I work for him as an apprentice when I'm not in school and you should really never do your own electrical unless you undeniably know exactly what you're doing each step of the way

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OnAMission 5

Sounds like that idea went up in flames.

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jbuckets_404 38

OP, what exactly did you try to do? Replace a light switch or outlet receptacle? Just wondering....

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K_nightlight 19

electrical work is one if the few things that is not a DIY project. Unless you know what your doing with absolute certainty you could end up, say... setting your house on fire.

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