I think in the good old days, when resources were scarce and customer service was poor, people used to DO things themselves. Like fix engines, clean drains, seal punctures, repair electronic items etc. Now, the Indian 'male' needs a mechanic to replace engine oil. Believe me, there'll come a time when you will call the electrician to replace a light bulb.
There's no such thing as a handyman nowadays. Sure, if you have the engineering student in your house, but nowadays they pass choots to become engineers anyways. What use are they.
So, it is in this scenario, that the somewhat typical Indian 24 yr-old.. (me).. found his fan not working one unusually hot and mosquito infested 4am morning. I got to know later that the 'capacitor', which is a cylindric device, had blown and probably needed to be replaced.
So then, as the prompt Indian male, I called the electrician who gleefully told me, yes indeed, the capacitor has blown, and it'd need to be replaced. Fucker. One of the disadvantages of living in a neighborhood where property prices have tripled in the past three years, is that every fucking bhikari thinks you are a millionaire. I bet he was counting the Gandhi's he'd get. I mumbled something about getting the capacitor myself and told him to come the next day.
Next day. The electrician is 'busy' at some other rich man's house and will take ten more minutes. That was 2 hours ago. As frustrated as I got, I looked around the fans in the other rooms and noted just how this capacitor is fixed. Pretty easy, there's just two wires which need to touch two small pins on top of the fan. I thought I'd give it a shot and guess what - fan's running.
I'm telling you. I am an idiot for not knowing something as simple as this.. The elec will come now asking for some sixty odd bucks and I'll tell him that the fan miraculously started working by itself.
Morals:
1) Replacing a capacitor is easy. DIY.
2) Learn some basic DIY fixes - people are around to fleece you.
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