Dangerous electrical appliances

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 17-10-2014 04:12PM #1

Ever have a near miss with something electrical? I ask because I just had my phone charger go on fire. Well, "on fire" may be a bit dramatic but lots of smoke and melted plastic. No frayed wires either. Charger was only 4 months old.
Usually I charge my phone at night but I was drunk last night and fell asleep without charging it so thank god for that.

The_Valeyard · 17-10-2014 04:15PM

Yeah the plug for my UPC router melted onto the socket and started smoking, really bad smell, just happy I was there, could have been much worse.

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! · 17-10-2014 04:16PM

Thankfully not yet!

But now that you mention it, my phone charger makes a really high pitched noise when its plugged into the wall but the phone isnt connected to it....slightly paranoid now!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-10-2014 04:17PM

A 3 in 1 music player went on fire - flames the lot - while only the radio was playing. Luckily, I went into the room and found it in time. Taught me never to leave the house with any electrical appliance running. My son's tumble dryer once went on fire and a dishwasher of a friend did likewise.

Birneybau · 17-10-2014 04:18PM

The toaster was laughing at me.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 17-10-2014 04:19PM

http://tinypic.com/r/swr913/8 that's what mine ended up like. Probably not a good idea to leave a phone on charge overnight

Dan Chipowski · 17-10-2014 04:19PM

Bought a charger for my laptop on ebay, a couple of weeks later it blew out half the sockets in the house.

kneemos · 17-10-2014 04:20PM

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! wrote: »

Thankfully not yet!

But now that you mention it, my phone charger makes a really high pitched noise when its plugged into the wall but the phone isnt connected to it....slightly paranoid now!

I'd get rid of that.

RoboRat · 17-10-2014 04:22PM

TV's; people think they can fix them but fail to realise that there is a significant charge held in the capacitor that can kill if you meddle in the wrong place.

My old Wii, a few people ended up with a controller in the mush because of that. Don't drink and wii.... m'kay.

17-10-2014 04:25PM

A friends parents house burnt to the ground because of a faulty ambi pure plug in air freshener thing.

HugsiePie · 17-10-2014 04:29PM

Apparently a few years a go one of the neighbours houses burned down because their standard tv remote control caught fire from overheating between the couch cushion and arm.....Im sceptical tbh, cant help but shake the feel someones telling porkies

smash · 17-10-2014 04:32PM

You ever see those home-made dildos attached to power tools.... feckin lethal.

aziz · 17-10-2014 04:37PM

My parents and sisters had a lucky escape when a chest freezer in the utility roon went up in flames at 5 in the morning.
Utility room and kitchen/living room were gutted and the rest of the house and severe smoke damage.They were waiting over eight months to get the house back in shape and move back in.

Meathlass · 17-10-2014 04:37PM

Sitting in the kitchen one day and smelt smoke coming from the toasted sandwich maker which wasn't plugged in. Seconds later the flex caught fire.

Turns out the sun's rays shining in the window were reflecting off a make-up mirror on a shelf and hitting the flex.

AnonoBoy · 17-10-2014 04:44PM

I had a TV that blew up in my bedroom in 1995.

Lapin · 17-10-2014 04:46PM

My kettle exploded once. (Well it was hardly likely to happen a second time).

I think I was meant to put some uisce into the thing before I switched it on.

kneemos · 17-10-2014 04:57PM

Had a close shave with an electric razor .

Acedia. · 17-10-2014 05:15PM

A new Technics stereo went on fire years ago and Dixons quibbled with me for months before refunding. A crap shop.

I bought a few of these Velcro bags and we use them for phones and E-cig batteries. Better safe than sorry.

www dot hobbyking dot com/hobbyking/store/__4134__Lithium_Polymer_Charge_Pack_18x22cm_Sack.html
(Sorry, I can't post links yet)

Gael23 · 17-10-2014 06:34PM

Electric showers can be lethal.
Heard a story once where a child got electrocuted and you could see a black burn mark across his chest.

Summer wind · 17-10-2014 09:18PM

My laptop was on my bed and the charger cable split and a blue flame and sparks came out and I just was lucky that the bed didn't go on fire. My niece left her hair straighteners on the timber floor and left a scorch mark.

PizzamanIRL · 17-10-2014 09:19PM

I'll never juggle chainsaws again. I physically can't now.

17-10-2014 09:23PM

Yep! Several as I work in computers.

Had a CRT monitor explode in my face, several PC power supply units go bang around me. Also got a shock from one of them.

The most recent was in work earlier in the year when I went into the comms room to plug in a DSL modem. Plugged it into an extension lead and it just shattered in my hand! Tripped the RCDs but I could very easily have been shocked by it. The plastic on the extension lead was really brittle and it just shattered. At the time I was more embarrassed that I brought down the whole office but they were just relieved that I wasn't hurt.

Missyelliot2 · 17-10-2014 09:27PM

TV (plug it out!) and dryer ......never leave dryer on when you leave house ! Wise words from old owl-with dryer disasters!

Missyelliot2 · 17-10-2014 09:35PM

Actually.....electric showers!

Tail Docker · 17-10-2014 09:55PM

Tasers can be a bitch.

TheBeardedLady · 17-10-2014 10:10PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I had a TV that blew up in my bedroom in 1995.

My brother accidentally set fire to our ancient telly back in the day by placing his cigarette on it to rest.

The adapter for my computer started producing smoke there a few months ago just before a class and I had to rid the classroom of smoke before my students came in. Dodgy as fook. It was a cheapo one I bought for a tenner though, so more fool me!

my3cents · 17-10-2014 10:21PM

I watched once as smoke was coming out of a ground floor office window, also outside was a small petrol generator with leads going through the open window. Next thing I know a old style CRT monitor came flying out the window followed shortly by another one first monitor was actually on fire and the second was smoking. What happened was there was a power cut and the mean old git of an accountant that ran the office didn't like the idea of no one working so he borrowed the generator from the nearby farm, needless to say the generator was dodgy.

Mech1 · 17-10-2014 10:40PM

Came home from 2 weeks holidays, nobody at home for the duration, opened the door to a bad smoke smell and found the fridge rubber plug (was 25 years ago) was on fire and flames just licking the wooden kitchen panelling!

Antar Bolaeisk · 17-10-2014 10:41PM

RoboRat wrote: »

TV's; people think they can fix them but fail to realise that there is a significant charge held in the capacitor that can kill if you meddle in the wrong place.

My old Wii, a few people ended up with a controller in the mush because of that. Don't drink and wii.... m'kay.

For CRTs that's correct, but I don't think there's high capacitance capacitors in LCD screens (though I am open to correction).

I've been fairly lucky when it comes to electronics, never really had anything go bad though I have been the source of several electrical explosions

Mech1 · 17-10-2014 10:42PM

Antar Bolaeisk wrote: »

For CRTs that's correct, but I don't think there's high capacitance capacitors in LCD screens (though I am open to correction).

I've been fairly lucky when it comes to electronics, never really had anything go bad though I have been the source of several electrical explosions

Once the "magic smoke" escapes its not gonna work again.

keith16 · 17-10-2014 10:48PM

When I was very small, I pulled the lead out from the back of the stereo (one of the standard detachable ones).

I plugged it in, and put the other end into my mouth.

I immediately realised what a huge mistake I made as the electricity consumed my face!!

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