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dave marriage October 28th 03 04:44 PM

electrical
 
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know why?

BillR October 28th 03 06:02 PM

electrical
 
dave marriage wrote:
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone
know why?


Sounds like corroding copper ... Is it damp in there?
Nice time of year to be without power ....



Bob Minchin October 28th 03 09:56 PM

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dave marriage wrote:

we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know why?


We had a thread on this a few months back. Have a look in the archive. I really
can't remember if we got a an answer to the problem.

Bob



Colin Wilson October 28th 03 10:29 PM

electrical
 
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know why?
We had a thread on this a few months back. Have a look in the archive. I really
can't remember if we got a an answer to the problem.


Is it the consumer unit, or the cutout (main fuse) where the cable first
comes into the house ?

If its the cutout...

Many were filled with a bituminous compound which may weep at times, but
doesn`t really cause a problem unless you can detect heat or smell
burning, but it might be worth asking the `leccy board to check it out.

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John October 29th 03 01:27 AM

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"dave marriage" wrote in message
om...
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know

why?

Try Ghostbusters...



BigWallop October 29th 03 02:13 AM

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"BillR" wrote in message
...
dave marriage wrote:
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone
know why?


Sounds like corroding copper ... Is it damp in there?
Nice time of year to be without power ....



Someone's dropped a tub of that "Slime" stuff in it. :-)) Or it's an
attack by aliens. :-)) But more likely to be as BillR says.


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PoP October 29th 03 05:38 AM

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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 01:27:05 -0000, "John" wrote:

Try Ghostbusters...


Amazing. I haven't heard the theme tune in at least a couple of years.
Yet in reading that one word my head started buzzing with
da-da-di-da-dah-dah....da-dum-di-da-di-da-dum-dah....GHOST BUSTERS!

I can't believe the amount of 3 dimensional information the human
brain can remember and bring back instantly.

PoP


Grimly Curmudgeon October 29th 03 04:00 PM

electrical
 
On 28 Oct 2003 08:44:37 -0800, (dave
marriage) wrote:

we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know why?


It's furble ****.
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Dave

Ed Rear October 29th 03 09:09 PM

electrical
 

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
...
On 28 Oct 2003 08:44:37 -0800, (dave
marriage) wrote:

we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know

why?

It's furble ****.
--

Dave


Or Kermit?



Abdullah Eyles November 1st 03 11:41 AM

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(dave marriage) wrote in message . com...
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know why?


LOL

Better ask the children what they hid in there before you check too
far... :D sounds like playdoh or something...

Dave Plowman November 1st 03 01:15 PM

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In article ,
dave marriage wrote:
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know
why?


There was a thread on here some time back with 'sensible' answers ;-)
about migrating polymers or somesuch. A search should find it.

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Rick Hughes November 6th 03 08:07 PM

electrical
 

"dave marriage" wrote in message
om...
we have a sticky green goo running from our consumer unit - anyone know

why?


Is this to be followed by blood oozing out of the walls ... or was that the
other film ?




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