# electrical socket making loud poping sound

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-socket-making-loud-poping-sound/599812>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 16, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-socket-making-loud-poping-sound/599812 "2011-10-16T14:29:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-socket-making-loud-poping-sound/599812/21 "2011-10-18T23:19:38Z")

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> [@Becky2844](#):
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> The reason I said “before electricity” etc. is because the light switches and stuff were the regular kind, so probably wired later. The house we had moved from had been built very early 1900’s (in town) and you turned the lights off and on by pushing in two buttons, so was modern by those standards. 😕

Yes I remember those switches. Mostly in the church I grew up in. I think it was built inthe 20’s.

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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-socket-making-loud-poping-sound/599812/22 "2011-10-19T03:44:15Z")

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> [@echo6160](#):
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> Drive by posters are so stinking annoying…
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> The OP will probably never be back. Considering the attachment of their name to their problem, as soon as it is resolved they’ll just disappear. Like a dust bunny in an electrical storm at **Becky2844** ’s house. 🙂

You scared the shit out of me. I thought I was going to get yelled at for “highjacking.”

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**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-socket-making-loud-poping-sound/599812/23 "2011-10-19T12:59:01Z")

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> [@echo6160](#):
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> _ **Drive by posters are so stinking annoying** _…
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> The OP will probably never be back. Considering the attachment of their name to their problem, as soon as it is resolved they’ll just disappear. Like a dust bunny in an electrical storm at **Becky2844** ’s house. 🙂

(bolding mine)

Yeah, it kind of pisses me off that this one hasn’t bothered to update and let us know if the problem was resolved.

Drive by posters can be such inconsiderate bastards. :mad:

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