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Chapter 671 - 671 658 Accidentally Creating a Huge Fireball

671: Chapter 658: Accidentally Creating a Huge Fireball 671: Chapter 658: Accidentally Creating a Huge Fireball The entire process took Yue Feng less than a minute to finish.

After a quick glance to make sure nothing seemed amiss, Yue Feng made another trip to the bathroom before entering the room again.

“Old man, that young man has gone back in!” The landlady couldn’t wait to press the button again.

“Hmm, I saw it!

Press the switch again, Old Li said the water stopped, and it shouldn’t be more than half an hour before we can continue fishing.

Don’t let these people fish out all our stock!”

“Hmm!” The landlady stood up and pressed her plump hand on the circuit breaker switch.

The moment she pushed the switch, a fist-sized fireball burst from the position of the switch and flew out.

The entire cabin’s glass quivered from the disturbance.

This was followed by the landlady’s scream, like that of a pig being slaughtered.

The neutral and live wires were directly connected; the fuse did not blow, causing a short circuit.

Inside the Winter Fishing Hall, everyone was quietly fishing when suddenly, the lights atop the cabin went out.

Curious, they peered out the windows toward the cabin.

Soon, the landlady emerged from the cabin, her hair smoking.

As she ran, she flapped her arms wildly; her permed forehead and eyebrows were singed.

Seeing this, Yue Feng’s heart sank.

This was bad!

It was very likely that closing the circuit caused the fireball!

Some might complain now, saying Yue Feng was too cruel for intentionally causing a short circuit since it could have led to serious problems.

Although the incident had occurred, it truly wasn’t Yue Feng’s intention.

He did rig the wiring, true, but a normal 220v household electric line definitely has protection.

Whether it’s the old-style lead fuse or a modern electronic one.

In the case of a short circuit, at most, the fuse would blow, or the circuit breaker would trip, which is very safe with hardly any danger.

In the short term, the owner wouldn’t be able to find the cause for the trip, naturally stopping the water extraction.

Once the fish were all caught, he could secretly reconnect everything, without causing any issue.

However, unfortunately, owner Zhang Wenliang was incompetent and especially stingy when it came to electrical setups.

The section of wire that Zhang Wenliang himself connected was not only old but had several frayed ends, which could easily short circuit and burn out the fuse when it rained.

Later, tired of replacing the fuses in the main switch too often, he replaced it with a thicker piece of copper wire.

This was barely acceptable as the submersible pump was used infrequently.

If it were used regularly, however, it would fail every now and then.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of electrical work would know this common sense.

The function of a fuse is to melt under heat when there’s a short circuit, ensuring the safety of the overall wiring.

A copper wire, having a higher melting point than the regular wiring, naturally fails to serve as a proper fuse.

When short-circuited under these conditions, hazardous incidents like the large fireball shooting from the switch can happen.

Luckily, the switch was positioned high up, and the landlady had her arm raised to press it.

The fireball brushed past her arm and side, only slightly burning her face and hair.

If it had landed squarely on her, serious burns could have occurred, making Yue Feng deeply culpable.

“Damn that Zhang Wenliang, what kind of shoddy electrical work did you do?

If I’m disfigured, I’ll fight you to the death!” The landlady, terrified by the fireball, threw caution to the wind and began to scream, while frantically touching her face, fearing she might be truly disfigured.

Yue Feng: “Guys, it seems there’s a little problem in the landlady’s cabin.

Let’s go check it out!”

“What happened?

There was a loud bang, just like setting off firecrackers!

Even the glass vibrated!”

“Could it be that fireworks got mixed into the stove when it was being lit?

Last year, something similar happened at my grandpa’s place; there was an unexploded firework among the shredded paper scraps used to start the fire, and when it was used for cooking, it blew up the big pot in the house!”

“Hard to say for sure, but hey Feng, give us a close-up.

Why do I feel like the lady boss’s eyebrows got singed?”

Yue Feng zoomed in the camera, and indeed, her eyebrows had turned a scorched yellow, and there were also signs of singed hair near her bangs on the forehead.

The excitement had died down in the pit, and a group of Angler friends, seeing an interesting scene unfolding, quickly gathered around, about seven or eight people.

“What happened, Boss Zhang?”

“Yeah, sis, what did you do?

The noise just now sounded like fireworks going off!”

Still shaken by the recent fireball, the lady boss shouted, “I told him to hire an electrician to handle the electrical work, to save money.

There was a short circuit just now, and a big fireball shot out.

Luckily, I dodged quickly, or my face would have been ruined!”

At this point, someone observant said, “Don’t move, get a cold towel to cool your face; it’s already turned red.

Don’t let blisters form; it might leave scars if not treated properly!”

As it turns out, no matter the age, women are always extra careful about their faces.

Hearing the advice, the lady boss quickly sprang into action and headed toward the northern room.

With the lady boss gone, everyone else entered the small room.

Zhang Wenliang was sitting in a chair, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, still in a daze.

The wall where the switch was located had a large blackened area, and the whole room was filled with the pungent smell of burnt plastic.

“What happened, Boss Zhang?”

“Was there a short circuit?

Didn’t the breaker trip?”

Yue Feng looked around, grabbed a wooden stick from the doorway, and poked down the burnt plastic cover, exposing the charred switch underneath.

Now, an observant Angler spotted the problem; the copper wire was connected at the fuse’s location, which indeed would cause issues if shorted; it could even have set the roof on fire.

“Who did the electrical wiring for you?

How could you use such thick copper wire as a fuse!

The fuse is thicker than the main line outside; even if it shorts, it won’t cut the power, and not bursting into flames would be odd!”

“What’s this wire for?

Why did it short circuit?

This season is dry and not rainy like in summer; it shouldn’t happen!”

“Damn, that was scary.

Luckily there were people at home, and there wasn’t any flammable material nearby!”

Zhang Wenliang crushed his cigarette under the sole of his shoe, still shaken, and said, “The wires here connect to a submersible pump in the well, as well as the lighting for the greenhouse and the small cabin’s surveillance.

A section of the wire seemed a bit worn out; it used to burn fuses, so I did a quick fix with a copper wire, not realizing there would be a short circuit somewhere!”

Fortunately, there was an electrician among the Angler friends, who said, “You’re too reckless; you can’t just connect stuff like that!

Lucky that it wasn’t worse, could have burned people!

Do you have any wire at home?

This job was way too unprofessional.

There’s nothing going on in the pit right now, let me help you redo the wiring!”

“I don’t have new wires; I’ll go to the hardware store to buy some!” Hearing that someone would rewire for free, Zhang Wenliang’s tendency to take advantage of a bargain kicked in, and he immediately got up to buy the wires.

After understanding the situation, Yue Feng sneakily went back inside.

“Case closed, it wasn’t fireworks, just aged circuitry shorting out.

It doesn’t concern us; let’s continue fishing!” Yue Feng calmly announced in the live broadcast room.

With the switch burned out, there was no way the submersible pump could continue pumping water, but Yue Feng continued fishing.

About half an hour later, when the activity in Winter Fishing Hall had almost died down, the fish bites gradually started to pick up again.

A new round of catching fish on a continuous rod began anew.