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Electrical question #1

Post by Lavabe » December 20th, 2009, 7:10 pm

What does it mean when you get a dead fish smell coming from a ceiling light fixture?
NOTE: Please resist the obvious jokes that can come from that question.
The smell comes and goes.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by captmojo » December 20th, 2009, 7:35 pm

Could be coming from wire insulation.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by Lavabe » December 20th, 2009, 7:38 pm

captmojo wrote:Could be coming from wire insulation.
Great. Will try to get an electrician to come over tomorrow to investigate. It's clearly out of my can-do list.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by TillyGalore » December 20th, 2009, 9:57 pm

Lavabe wrote:What does it mean when you get a dead fish smell coming from a ceiling light fixture?
NOTE: Please resist the obvious jokes that can come from that question.
The smell comes and goes.
Thanks.
Well now, I've learned something new today. Did not know there could be a dead fish smell emanating from a ceiling light fixture.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by Miles » December 20th, 2009, 10:03 pm

captmojo wrote:Could be coming from wire insulation.
Awesome! I googled around after reading your post and came across the following post on aparmenttherapy.com:
This can be an electrical problem. I had an unidenfiable fish smell in my house. Apparently some wiring (especially in old homes) will give off this smell when it overheats- check your lights and othe electrical devices. or better yet call an electrician.
Very cool! Learn something new everyday.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by cl15876 » December 20th, 2009, 10:43 pm

Miles wrote:
captmojo wrote:Could be coming from wire insulation.
Awesome! I googled around after reading your post and came across the following post on aparmenttherapy.com:
This can be an electrical problem. I had an unidenfiable fish smell in my house. Apparently some wiring (especially in old homes) will give off this smell when it overheats- check your lights and othe electrical devices. or better yet call an electrician.
Very cool! Learn something new everyday.
Interesting article.... I was also thinking disposal and possible dead rodent ..... lemons are excellent for disposal and there are also little lemon balls that you can drop down there while running HOT water and then turn on and walla you have lemon fragrance throughout your kitchen. Now for the possible dead rodents, "not sure I can relate to them smelling like fish", but they do stink! Rodents for me are like bugs, if I see them or smell them (which is a rare occurrence) then I will just about gut the space (god forbid we are talking about the kitchen) to make it clean again...... I can't stand bugs or rodents! ;) :-t X(
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by YmoBeThere » December 20th, 2009, 10:45 pm

Sounds like some infrared thermography is in order
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by devildeac » December 21st, 2009, 7:54 am

TillyGalore wrote:
Lavabe wrote:What does it mean when you get a dead fish smell coming from a ceiling light fixture?
NOTE: Please resist the obvious jokes that can come from that question.
The smell comes and goes.
Thanks.
Well now, I've learned something new today. Did not know there could be a dead fish smell emanating from a ceiling light fixture.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by Lavabe » December 24th, 2009, 5:43 pm

Miles wrote:
captmojo wrote:Could be coming from wire insulation.
Awesome! I googled around after reading your post and came across the following post on aparmenttherapy.com:
This can be an electrical problem. I had an unidenfiable fish smell in my house. Apparently some wiring (especially in old homes) will give off this smell when it overheats- check your lights and othe electrical devices. or better yet call an electrician.
Very cool! Learn something new everyday.
The electrician we had come over never heard of this before.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by OZZIE4DUKE » December 24th, 2009, 6:19 pm

Lavabe wrote: The electrician we had come over never heard of this before.
$30 shot to pieces! :Boo:
Did he find a problem of any sort?

If you got an electrician to come to your house for only $30, and he found nothing, you got your money's worth. That is both serious and a joke.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by captmojo » December 24th, 2009, 6:29 pm

Lavabe wrote: The electrician we had come over never heard of this before.
$30 shot to pieces! :Boo:
I've never seen your wires. I live in a house that is a 'war boom' house, and I'm not talking about the 2nd world war...rather,the first one, the great one. WWI.
I have smelled this condition. Of course, that doesn't mean it is the cause of the trouble you describe, but it is a condition that does exist. I'm not an electrician, but I know a few and they have heard of this.I was told that I was close to the temperature limit of the wire for the fixture.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by Lavabe » January 8th, 2010, 5:34 pm

The problem is now resolved. And, I am sad to say, it had NOTHING to do with an electrical issue.

It was our dog's inflamed anal gland. :O3

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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by Very Duke Blue » January 8th, 2010, 5:51 pm

Lavabe wrote:The problem is now resolved. And, I am sad to say, it had NOTHING to do with an electrical issue.

It was our dog's inflamed anal gland. :O3

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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by captmojo » January 8th, 2010, 6:16 pm

I'm glad for you but you know that's just damned funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)) :animals-dogrun: :D :chores-mop: :))

You also understand that a great and heroic story could have come from this.
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by CathyCA » January 8th, 2010, 6:57 pm

How did the dog's inflamed anal glands get close to the ceiling light fixture?

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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by OZZIE4DUKE » January 8th, 2010, 8:25 pm

Very Duke Blue wrote:
Lavabe wrote:The problem is now resolved. And, I am sad to say, it had NOTHING to do with an electrical issue.

It was our dog's inflamed anal gland. :O3

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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by windsor » January 8th, 2010, 8:31 pm

Lavabe wrote:The problem is now resolved. And, I am sad to say, it had NOTHING to do with an electrical issue.

It was our dog's inflamed anal gland. :O3

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That one I cuold have told you how to fix!
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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by devildeac » January 8th, 2010, 11:18 pm

Lavabe wrote:The problem is now resolved. And, I am sad to say, it had NOTHING to do with an electrical issue.

It was our dog's inflamed anal gland. :O3

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that's enough of that.

I gotta go change my Depends...

On second thought:

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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by Lavabe » January 9th, 2010, 4:09 am

devildeac wrote:
Lavabe wrote:The problem is now resolved. And, I am sad to say, it had NOTHING to do with an electrical issue.

It was our dog's inflamed anal gland. :O3

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that's enough of that.

I gotta go change my Depends...

On second thought:

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Re: Electrical question #1

Post by devildeac » January 9th, 2010, 7:31 am

Lavabe wrote:
devildeac wrote:
Lavabe wrote:The problem is now resolved. And, I am sad to say, it had NOTHING to do with an electrical issue.

It was our dog's inflamed anal gland. :O3

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that's enough of that.

I gotta go change my Depends...

On second thought:

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