Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Doh!
On my way out, I ran into the lady downstairs and we ended up poking around the cellar, looking at the flooding and talking about her desire to have a lot of their old junk hauled away.
Apparently the landlord hauled away some junk behind the building that has been there three years. In the process, from an entirely different spot he took her plastic cooler cover that very effectively prevents the corner near our laundry machines from leaking when it rains. Oops. But I digress. And that didn’t leak much, compared to the two inches or so of water under the electrical panel.
So while we were down there, I noticed yet another brand new Verizon “box” associated with our change to FiOS (fiber optic). I’ll have to take pictures. There’s the stuff on the outside of the building. Then there is a big box with a green LED under our circuit breaker box, which has tan CAT5 cable coming out and going up to the ceiling and the across the cellar, and to all appearances has an electrical cable hardwired into it, but it’s not clear.
Turns out at the opposite end of the cellar, attached to the ceiling almost above where the 3rd floor people’s washing machine would go, there is a small beige Verizon box with a green LED on it.
From one end comes a power cord, plugged into the outlet that is clearly labeled 3rd floor. This is a problem, only mitigated so far by that apartment being vacant.
I am irritated because that will have to move, which means my having to call Verizon and tell them they screwed up our otherwise perfect install.
Out the other end of that box comes tan CAT5 cable, heading back in the general direction of the back of the cellar. Power to ethernet? Hello?
I need to trace it, but one cable goes out the cellar and up the side of the building, and as far as I can tell, there is only one cable from the back of the cellar, turning a corner and going out and up. Where does the rogue cable from the Verizon electrical theft box go?
Jeez.
Oh well. At least I learned she has no problem with my putting a bright 23 watt curly bulb in the main cellar light socket so we can all see better. And she suggested we put a picnic table and Sadie’s sandbox in the most prime part of the backyard.