07-03-2008, 08:43 AM
dino Wrote:I would think that once it's in your house it's your responsibility unless something outside under the companies control caused your main breaker to fail.
i agree, if its your house, your responsibility. but it also might be something you shouldn't try to do by yourself. if the problem is before the breaker (but still in your house), then you likely can't cut the power to those wires. i don't recommend tooling with live ones, unless you know how to do that stuff. i don't.
same kind of thing happened to me in my apartment a few weeks ago, but with the water pipes. the main pipe sheared before the shut off valve, gushing everywhere. idiot me didn't know that until i tried to shut it off and nothing happened. well, except for bumping the pipe so it aimed the jet right at my face.
the landlord had to call the city for that one. got a nice bill for it, too.