Things learned on a winter's day

My snowblower is electric. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

When the snowblower hits a chunk of ice, it can kick off.

This act of kicking-off will trip the circuit breaker.

Except.

The box in the garage is not a circuit breaker box, but a fuse box.

The garage door opener also works off this fuse.

I had not known this.

I did not have any fuses. This meant a trip to the hardware store. In the car. Which is inside the garage. Behind the door that won't open.

I learned how the manual pull on the garage door works. No, I had never had any reason to know this before, either.

I know it now.

Things learned on a winter's day

My snowblower is electric. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

When the snowblower hits a chunk of ice, it can kick off.

This act of kicking-off will trip the circuit breaker.

Except.

The box in the garage is not a circuit breaker box, but a fuse box.

The garage door opener also works off this fuse.

I had not known this.

I did not have any fuses. This meant a trip to the hardware store. In the car. Which is inside the garage. Behind the door that won't open.

I learned how the manual pull on the garage door works. No, I had never had any reason to know this before, either.

I know it now.