rubydazzler Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 A gold star for YEDL and their emergency call out man! For a few hours last night, I kept smelling that 'electricity' smell. Went around sniffing all the appliances, everything seemed fine until suddenly the power went off! Looked outside, everything seemed ok, looked in meter cupboard, eeek! The main power switch was scorching the backboard, and hot, hot, hot. Knocked it off quickly but to cut a long story short, I had no heating, no phone, no light, mobile ran out of charge. I had no means of communication with the outside world, not even a radio. Reading by candlelight, I felt as though I'd gone back 100 years in time and withdrawal symptoms, NO INTERNET!! Anyway this angel in disguise in a YEDL uniform has trudged from the main road through the thick snow to my door and sorted it all out for me ... YAY for the YEDL man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 A gold star for YEDL and their emergency call out man! For a few hours last night, I kept smelling that 'electricity' smell. Went around sniffing all the appliances, everything seemed fine until suddenly the power went off! Looked outside, everything seemed ok, looked in meter cupboard, eeek! The main power switch was scorching the backboard, and hot, hot, hot. Knocked it off quickly but to cut a long story short, I had no heating, no phone, no light, mobile ran out of charge. I had no means of communication with the outside world, not even a radio. Reading by candlelight, I felt as though I'd gone back 100 years in time and withdrawal symptoms, NO INTERNET!! Anyway this angel in disguise in a YEDL uniform has trudged from the main road through the thick snow to my door and sorted it all out for me ... YAY for the YEDL man! So, how did you contact YEDL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 So, how did you contact YEDL There's always one! My neighbour very kindly let me use their phone this morning, and also charged my mobile for me ... happy now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Hey, its sheffield forum - I had to ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane2008 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Nice neighbours. It's good to have them, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 Nice neighbours. It's good to have them, isn't it?It is, indeed. Even better to have a call out guy that's willing to tramp through a foot of snow to rescue you. And have a happy smiling face and not be grumpy at you! YEDL guy, I salute you! You are a prince amongst men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 There are more good people than bad. Shame we hear so much about poor service and not enough about good service. Glad you posted a good news story Ruby to reassure people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 YAY for rubes.........and the man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 They are great,I had a complete electrical failure one new years eve.I was dreading the thought of the cost of the call out.2 guys came within the hour,checked the fuse boxes in the house.They then went outside in pouring rain and started digging and eventually found the problem.It was a rat that must have chewed the cables and blown itself and my electrics up.They ran an emergency cable from next door and I had power again.Luckily as it was outside there was no charge for me.It was about 2 weeks though before the actual repair was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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