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mrsmavis1985
Jan 5, 2011, 08:36 PM
We've lived in our apartment for a little over 3 years now. Since the day we moved in,
The outlets in our kitchen and bathroom has made a loud popping sound every couple of
Minutes or so. What could it be?

stanfortyman
Jan 5, 2011, 09:23 PM
THREE YEARS??
And in all that time you never thought of calling the landlord/super/whatever? You never thought it might be something bad, considering it's electrical?

It doesn't matter what the noise is, they should fix it!

mrsmavis1985
Jan 6, 2011, 05:36 AM
I forgot to say in my question, that I did call the landlord. He sent a repair guy
Over. The repair guy said nothing was wrong, that "the sound let's you know
It's on".

tkrussell
Jan 6, 2011, 05:47 AM
The sound is letting you know there could be a serious issue. Outlets and switches do not making any noise when oerating properly.

Insist that the landlord get an qualified licensed electrician to check this out ASAP, and not just a "repair guy".

stanfortyman
Jan 6, 2011, 01:30 PM
The repair guy said nothing was wrong, that "the sound let's you know
It's on".Wow. If this was not such an unbelievably stupid statement (on his part) it would be funny. Lol :p

tkrussell
Jan 6, 2011, 01:55 PM
I agree Stan. Scary how some "experts" make crap up.

So does that mean because my outlets are not making noise that mine are not on?