Hi all finally got in the shed yesterday , been weeks since I got anything done so I really enjoyed doing a bit . Got a coat of primer on the Yak and a base of white where the red bits are going . About 4 o clock went back in the house for a bit of tea , intending to go out and finish off after.
Upon returning to the shed after about half an hour , I heard a strange sizzling sound as I approached the door . When I opened it the entire shed was full of thick brown acrid smoke , and it was pouring out of the motor on top of the compressor! I quickly ran in and unplugged it , choking as I did so. The door was wedged open and it took about an hour for the smoke to clear.
I had been using the compressor earlier and it was starting, filling and shutting off fine , it must have been an electrical short or something , anyway its a stroke of luck I went back at that moment , a minute or two more and it would have been in flames .
Even though I only went in for five seconds to unplug it every bit of clothing I had on reeked of smoke , even my hair .
Naturally everything in there will stink now too , ive yet to go in today , and the comp will be going out for the scrap man .
So a new compressor is on my xmas list , and my new years resolution is to turn everything off when im not in there !
Upon returning to the shed after about half an hour , I heard a strange sizzling sound as I approached the door . When I opened it the entire shed was full of thick brown acrid smoke , and it was pouring out of the motor on top of the compressor! I quickly ran in and unplugged it , choking as I did so. The door was wedged open and it took about an hour for the smoke to clear.
I had been using the compressor earlier and it was starting, filling and shutting off fine , it must have been an electrical short or something , anyway its a stroke of luck I went back at that moment , a minute or two more and it would have been in flames .
Even though I only went in for five seconds to unplug it every bit of clothing I had on reeked of smoke , even my hair .
Naturally everything in there will stink now too , ive yet to go in today , and the comp will be going out for the scrap man .
So a new compressor is on my xmas list , and my new years resolution is to turn everything off when im not in there !
my behaviours have finally found a reason in your unlucky accident, Tony; now I'm almost obsessed by the need of switching/plugging off everything in my hobby room, and often not only there, before leaving, and I wasn't a "switch it off" manic 
