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I tend to get long winded, so I will try to abbreviate, ha ha!
Long story short. Here goes.
In our hot water heater closet is a large heating and cooling unit,
plugged into the wall. The wall did not have a switch plate, just
the bare essentials.
I asked hubby if I could unplug the unit, which was off, then move
the cord because it was twisted around a shelf, and then plug it
back in. I unplugged it, then when I was pulling out the cord,
the plug part touched the metal insides of the outlet, causing a
large spark.
Suddenly the power went off in certain areas of the house.
Hubby came in to see what the heck and while we
were standing there, the power came back on.
The end of the plug has a black spark mark on it. Hubby plugged
it back into the same outlet and tested the unit which is functioning.
My question is, what are the ramifications of this incident?
How did the power come back on? It did not throw any switches or
breakers, just suddenly came back on. Do we now have a screwed up
wire in the ceiling or walls? Is there an unknown short now that will come
back to haunt me? Will the house burn down while I go shopping?
No need to mention hubby (love ya, but...) is no electrician.
