This past weekend when I visited my brother, I noticed it was freezing inside his home as soon as I entered.

When I asked my brother why he didn’t turn on the heater, he just looked at me with a smile and shook his head, and said, “Funny thing about that.” Apparently, my brother attempted to fix the electric heater himself.

He is a handyman, of course so I would understand why. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out as he hoped. The electric heater was completely destroyed. My brother isn’t a fool, leaving the house for him without heat was impossible. He called an HVAC company as any reasonable person would. When the HVAC tech showed up, he didn’t realize how much of a mess my brother created and all I saw from the HVAC tech was a shake of his head. The heating tech tried to fix the heater. It was fun watching and my brother was asking a million questions over the tech’s shoulder. I can tell the HVAC was getting a little annoyed because, after a few minutes, he asked my brother for some space so he could concentrate. My brother was a bit hurt by not gaining the knowledge he desired but he did let the heating tech do his job. About an hour or so later the electric heater was fixed. My brother said after that, “Electric stuff is something I leave for someone else to do going forward.” I laughed a bit and agreed with his statement. I, after all, wouldn’t want to have the fire department called because he caused an electric fire.
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