No, because people don't think. They are bad enough in their own homes and environments, but put them someplace new and all common sense goes bye bye. We can say the same thing about the PREVIOUS OWNERS of this B&B "What were they thinking!" I won't bore you with details, but it is a regular occurence.I am a card carrying journeyman electrician for over 20 yrs. now.If they trip often enough, maybe it's time to split the circuit and call in an electrician.I'm just working on opening a B&B but have rented the space as an apartment for 20+ years. I can relay a similar story in that I rented to a woman who went without any lights in the bathroom for an entire week because she had tripped the ground fault.You mean like the guests who told me at check out that they had no hot water their entire weekend. They tell me now? I was not about to let them off the hook. They acted so put out and dissappointed about it. But don't bother to mention it to us the 50 times you saw us all weekend."You should buy a new TV, they're not that expensive nowadays." Totally sarcastic. Hey pal, the TV works just fine, just because you don't like the way it looks doesn't mean it doesn't do it's job.
"Nice place but the lounge is a bit dated."
So, we did buy a new TV this year, totally revamped the living room and now it looks like a living room I might even like to hang out in.
But, let me tell you, in August, when I haven't had a day off in 3 months, stuff like like rankles. Mindless comments about something that makes not a wit of difference in a 'normal' person's life but the critics, oh they have to criticize..
I asked "Did you check it at the sink?" They stared back at me like deer in headlights, middle aged couple, surely they were not that daft, right?
I ask them to let me check it, and they acted put out and just wanted to leave this awful place...we THREE go up there, I first check it at the sink, as I know the hot water tank is VERY close to this bathroom. Sure enough piping hot water in 2 seconds. I go to the shower and 2 seconds later the room fills with steam.
They say in unison "Well we BOTH tried it and it never worked."
and btw our hot water is turn left, as it is supposed to be on the faucet, turn left and voila hot water. I hoped they felt embarrassed, really hoped.
See if there was a comment card they would have written a scathing comment about this and I would NEVER have been able to show them otherwise. Really irked me. But people are this way, cannot work anything out, cannot work out how to close the blinds, so pull the curtains over the whole windows. Can't work out some basic things, like hot water kettle. Even after I show them and now have a note there.
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Amazing. She finally said something and I showed her the reset button and also the one in the kitchen.
.Yes, ground faults can be a problem because they knock out the whole circuit, not just the one outlet that has the reset button.Colleen848 said:...I rented to a woman who went without any lights in the bathroom for an entire week because she had tripped the ground fault.
They may be one of those rare cases where it's worth putting up a little sign, if they trip often enough to be a real problem.
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Circuits around water require a ground fault.
In this woman's case she tripped the one by the bathroom vanity which also had the vanity lights on it.
Just seems odd that no one looks at the outlet. It's clearly marked and does not at all resemble a regular duplex.
Besides, why would you wait so long to say something? You didn't want to bother me?
Guess I can be unapprochable. lol
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Because they don't think I agree with the others when they says "Guests and open flames don't match" need I remind of the story of the gal who BOILED (key word BOIL - 212 degrees F or 100 degree C) the kettle and then poured the scalding water into a plastic cup... There are tons of these stories on this forum alone, pretty scary stuff.
Childproof the B&B y'all!