Chapter 26: Basic Operations
This Wang Er lives in a mountain valley.
There are not many households.
As they walked along, Sister Lian looked at Chu Yang with a puzzled look.
She really couldn't figure out why Chu Yang, a new employee, could walk so firmly and look so confident.
Could it be that he has some strengths that I haven't discovered yet?
The answer is yes.
Of course, Wang Er kept nagging, saying that the Aiguo Power Company was a swindler and that they installed a broken meter specifically to cheat the farmers out of their money, and that this was a huge conspiracy.
He made Sister Lian speechless. She kept rolling her eyes and didn't want to talk.
However, Chu Yang did not indulge him and angrily retorted: "Wang Er, do you know that your electricity bill, to be honest, is not enough for our company to pay for the line for you in fifty years? Moreover, this place is so far away, and it also reduces the line loss rate of our power supply station.
If our company does not put people first and have a high sense of social responsibility, we would not want to use electricity for you, you know. If you have any complaints about our company, I will go back and apply to cancel your electricity use. "
What Chu Yang said was actually correct. In general, in mountainous areas, electricity consumption is low and line losses are large, so the power supply is not enough to cover the losses. However, power companies are not simply profit-making companies, they must shoulder certain social missions.
So wherever there are people, we have to provide them with electricity and light. Therefore, the power companies are most afraid of those lonely people in the mountains. They not only have to make no money but also have to pay losses. The most important thing is that meter reading is extremely troublesome.
The key point is that these bird people don’t appreciate it. Chu Yang really doesn’t know whether they are ignorant or simply evil.
Wang Er's attitude improved after hearing Chu Yang's threats. Many people bully the weak and fear the strong, especially rural people. They just act like a spoiled child when they can't win. He hesitated, "You can't replace a broken meter to cheat me. How can my electricity bill be so high?"
Chu Yang replied calmly: "We will know whether the meter is broken or not in a while. It is not up to you to decide."
Sister Lian looked at Chu Yang's demeanor and felt that this man was different. He was steady and mature in his gestures, and he didn't look like a new college student at all. She was full of curiosity about him and recalled the night she saw his abdominal muscles, which were so big and hard...
Soon they arrived at Wang Er's house.
There was another woman in his house, Wang Er's wife Wang Fen, a decent rural woman who looked kind and didn't talk much. She poured a glass of water for Chu Yang and Sister Lian in a friendly manner, but was angrily scolded by Wang Er.
"Get out of here, why are you meddling in other people's business?" After scolding his wife, Wang Er said sarcastically to Chu Yang and Sister Lian, "What are you still doing? Check it out quickly and return my money after you're done."
Originally, Chu Yang felt sorry for him because he was half-crippled, thought he was a bit pitiful, and was more tolerant of his behavior. But now that he saw that he didn't even respect his own wife, he felt that this kind of person really deserved it.
This Wang Er probably has a tendency to be violent. There is a smell of alcohol in the house. I don't know why this girl would marry him. But that's how the world is. There are poor people everywhere, and there is nothing I can do about it.
Or the saying: The more useless a man is, the more sarcastic and mean he is, and the worse he treats his women. There is some truth to this.
"Sister Lian, why aren't you working yet? Why are you looking at me?"
Chu Yang realized that he had been looking at him, so he turned around and said with a smile.
Sister Lian's kind eyes flashed with shyness, her body swayed for a moment, and she answered speechlessly: "Um, Chu Yang, didn't you say you were here for an examination? Don't you want to check?"
Chu Yang couldn't help but tease her: "What? Sister Lian, you are responsible for reading the meter, so it must be you who checked it. I just came here with you to give you courage. I want to learn something from you."
Sister Lian looked at Chu Yang with a bit of embarrassment and grievance: "How can I do this? I am just responsible for reading the meters. I don't know how to deal with faults. The director wouldn't let me do this. I thought you..."
It is true that Sister Lian would never do these things on a normal basis, and she is not a professional in electricity, so she seemed a little helpless when she said this.
"Hey, that's new. You power supply station employees don't know anything, but you're still pretending. Go back and find people. You're really awesome. People will laugh to death if I tell others about it." Wang Er smiled contemptuously.
"How about... I ask Huang Aiguang to help us." Sister Lian frowned and looked at Chu Yang. Huang Aiguang was usually a nice person.
"That's not necessary. I'll give it a try. It shouldn't be a big problem."
After Chu Yang finished speaking, he calmly checked the house and found that there were indeed no high-power electrical equipment in the house, not even an electric rice cooker. The electricity bill of 150 per month was indeed a bit abnormal.
Sister Lian has been following Chu Yang. She doesn't know why, but she always feels that this man seems to be very different from the others.
After reading this, Chu Yang carefully checked Wang Er's wiring and found that there was no leakage switch in their home. At this time, Chu Yang already had an idea in his mind, but he still checked the electric meter to confirm it.
"Sister Lian, turn off the main switch."
Chu Yang gave the order. Sister Lian didn't understand what Chu Yang wanted to do, but she did it. For some reason, Chu Yang's voice seemed to have a kind of magic, and she couldn't refuse anything he asked her to do. Chu Yang looked at the electric meter and there was no problem.
Chu Yang asked Sister Lian to turn on the main switch, and then said calmly: "Wang Er, please unplug all the electrical appliances in your home."
After hearing this, Wang Er reluctantly unplugged all the plugs in the house.
Chu Yang looked at the electric meter again and found that it was moving.
Haha, there is still electric current.
"Wang Er, there is nothing wrong with our electric meter. It's the wiring in your house that is leaking electricity."
Chu Yang gave the conclusion directly.
This shocked Sister Lian. You know it now? How did you know?
Wang Er also looked at Chu Yang with an incredible expression, and replied unconvincedly: "You said there is no problem, so there is no problem? Who the hell knows whether what you said is true or not."
Chu Yang was not in a hurry and slowly explained: "You didn't install a leakage protection switch, and you didn't know there was a leakage. Let me explain to you why there is no problem with the meter. First, I turned off the main switch and cut off the connection between the meter and your home line. Now you can see that our meter is not moving, right? You can look at it for a while."
Wang Er stared at the electric meter with his eyes wide open for nearly a minute before finally answering: "It really didn't move, but then what?" It's really terrible to be uneducated.
Chu Yang smiled slightly: "If it doesn't move, it means that our meter has no current, which is normal. Okay, I will turn on the main switch now. All the electrical appliances in your home should be unplugged. There should be no electrical equipment at this time. Check the meter to see if it moves."
Wang Er looked at the meter again with a puzzled look, and indeed saw that the meter reading was slowly rising, but he still insisted, "This, this, this doesn't make sense. I don't even use any electrical appliances, how can he move them?"
"There's a leakage in the wiring in your house, so it moved naturally. Do you understand? That's why the electricity bill went up. This has nothing to do with our company. Okay, you apologize to our Sister Lian, and we'll call it a day."
Wang Er felt like he was being pressed to the ground, but he still used his worst moves: "I don't believe anything you say, unless you can find the real leakage point, then I will obey you."
"Wang Er, according to our company's power supply regulations, I am only responsible for the inspection and maintenance of the lines in front of the meter. As you have just seen, there is no problem with the lines in front of your meter. Now the problem is with the lines behind your meter. If there is a problem with the lines behind the meter, you can only find a way to solve it yourself. We can't help you. I'm sorry, you can ask someone to do it. Sister Lian, we are leaving now."
Chu Yang didn't want to pay any attention to him and wanted to ask Sister Lian to go back.
Wang Er immediately became anxious again, but he cleverly winked at his wife .
"Master, um, can you please help us check it out?" At this time, Wang Er's wife blocked his way, looking pitiful and with a pleading look in her eyes.
Sister Lian felt a little uncomfortable, and turned to look at Chu Yang with her big eyes: "Chu Yang, do you know how to do this? Why don't you help them check it out?"
"Hey, this... I know a thing or two..."
Chu Yang looked embarrassed. This woman was really troublesome.
At this time, Wang Er also stepped forward and said, "Master Chu, please be so kind as to help me check it. It's just a small favor. I was rude and excessive just now. I apologize to Engineer Peng."
The change is quite fast.
In fact, Chu Yang was not unwilling to help them check. He had just checked and found that all the wiring in Wang Er's house was hidden! It was not that easy to find out where the leakage was.
You can't pry them all open.
"Chu Yang, let's take a look. It's not easy for them to find people."
"Okay, Sister Lian, let me give it a try."
So Chu Yang carefully observed the location of the incoming lines in the house, roughly determined the direction of the cable trough in the wall, and then gently touched the wall with the back of his hand along the direction of the cable trough.
Why do you need to touch gently with the back of your hand? This is a technical job and also a way to protect yourself from being "stuck" by electricity. Because the muscles will produce an instinctive reaction when stimulated, when the front of the palm is electrocuted, the hand will be "stuck" tighter by the current, and when the back of the hand is electrocuted, the hand will be bounced away by the current.
Of course, this only applies to 220V household electricity. If you encounter a higher voltage and current, it is estimated that touching the front and back sides will be useless, so please do not imitate.
Sister Lian actually didn’t know what Chu Yang was doing.
I just think Chu Yang is so handsome when he is serious, and that boy becomes even more mysterious.
When Chu Yang touched a certain part of the wall, he slowly felt that the wall was getting noticeably hotter, and there was some clue!
Chu Yang carefully checked the wall again and found that there was a broken iron nail embedded in the wall. The temperature of the wall near the nail was obviously higher than other places.
I see.
In order to verify his judgment, Chu Yang turned off the main switch again. After a while, he touched the wall near the iron nail and the feeling of heat gradually subsided.
"Found it, the leakage point is here."
"The culprit is this iron nail!"
Chu Yang spoke calmly, as if he was talking about something insignificant.
"How do you know?" Wang Er asked.
“If you don’t believe me, just pry it open and take a look, then you’ll know. It must be the nail that pierced the wire.” Chu Yang replied.
Wang Er was skeptical, but he still took out the tools and knocked the wall open a little. There was no doubt that there was a circuit under the nail, and the nail was deeply embedded in a wire.
Convinced! Wang Er looked at Chu Yang and was truly convinced.
"Master Chu, you are truly a god."
Seeing Chu Yang quickly and professionally find the specific leakage point, Sister Lian was really impressed and her heart was filled with joy.
Chu Yang took out the needle-nosed pliers and pulled out the nails smoothly. Then he bandaged the wires and turned on the switch. He observed the electric meter for a while and said, "It's OK. The electric meter is not moving, which means there is no leakage."
"Oh, Master Chu is really amazing. Why don't you stay for a meal before leaving?" Wang Er said politely.
Chu Yang waved his hand: "Forget about eating. I suggest you install a leakage switch. This can not only prevent leakage like today, but also save lives at critical moments. It doesn't cost much."
Wang Er nodded honestly: "Okay, of course."
Wang Er’s wife brought out a few sweet potatoes.
So sensible.
But he was scared back by Wang Er's look.
A dog will always eat shit.
…
On the way back, Sister Lian kept looking at Chu Yang and smiling, like a crazy fan.
"Sister Lian, what's wrong? Is my face dirty?" Chu Yang wiped his face.
"No, Chu Yang, I found that you are not simple. You know so many things. I think there are few masters in the institute who are better than you." Sister Lian praised, but she couldn't understand why.
“These are just things from the textbooks. I’m not that good at it.” Chu Yang argued.
“Really? Haha, Chu Yang, you must be a genius, so amazing. I’ll follow you from now on.” Sister Lian was completely overwhelmed by Chu Yang and had completely fallen for him.
He is handsome, can write articles, and has strong hands-on ability. He must be very good at practical work...
Chu Yang didn't know how to explain it.
Actually these.
It's just basic operation for me.
