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Dangerous electrical appliances

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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.

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Mech1

keith16 wrote: »

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!!

Sorry keith, I thought you where born like that:eek:

keith16

Mech1 wrote: »

Sorry keith, I thought you where born like that:eek:

:pac: Quiet you!!!

YellowFeather

Birneybau wrote: »

The toaster was laughing at me.

My vacuum called me a ****.

Tail Docker

YellowFeather wrote: »

My vacuum called me a ****.

That sucks.

BMJD

I puked on an extension lead after a heavy night on the beer, whiskey and various other substances. Blue flames jumped out of it so i tried to pull out the plug from the socket and got some kind of shock. Woke up the next day in a pool of dried in puke and piss with a large scorch mark on my arm.

I never drank again, until the following weekend.

roy rodgers

hate electric showers and im a plumber!! 9kw of power running through a load of plastic compartments, you be better of handing me a rope..

Amprodude

Toaster wire blew out a big spark with load noise once.

Birneybau

YellowFeather wrote: »

My vacuum called me a ****.

It tells it as it is ; D

Duggy747

Those cheap-ass, knock-off laptop chargers people buy off Ebay are an absolute menace.

They think they're saving a bargain spending €10 on one when the piece of shít will either die within a few months, melt / burn the DC jack, fry the laptop, or just decide to spit out sparks for the craíc and burn the outlet it's plugged into.

I suppose I shouldn't complain, those chargers do bring me good business from all the damage they do :pac:

ALiasEX

I was having a bath and dropped the toaster in it. It wasn't plugged in.

[Deleted User]

Duggy747 wrote: »

Those cheap-ass, knock-off laptop chargers people buy off Ebay are an absolute menace.

They think they're saving a bargain spending €10 on one when the piece of shít will either die within a few months, melt / burn the DC jack, fry the laptop, or just decide to spit out sparks for the craíc and burn the outlet it's plugged into.

Most definitely, they're deathtraps! I even saw one with a counterfeit plug that didn't meet the BS1363 standards. It had an insulator on the earth pin (it should only be on the live and neutral), which meant that in most sockets, the earth was useless as the insulated part of the pin was what made contact in the socket! Most have feck all weight in them, which makes you wonder what is in them?

[Deleted User]

Mad_Mike_ wrote: »

electricity kills folks.

Not just folks though

YellowFeather

Birneybau wrote: »

It tells it as it is ; D

He is a pretty good judge of character to be fair..

Duggy747

Karsini wrote: »

Most have feck all weight in them, which makes you wonder what is in them?

I got to have a look inside one of them when a guy brought one in after the components swelled up and popped the case of the charger open. There's basically no insulation or protection inside them and have the absolute bare minimum of components inside them.

This is sort of an idea of the difference between a genuine / higher quality charger to a low-end Ebay type charger. The one I saw had way less component than the low-end picture in it.

I couldn't even imagine having one plugged in overnight.

wexie

Did you know a three year old can fit a Blackberry in a toaster?

And switch it on?

Ihatecuddles

LexieOnRale wrote: »

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

If that pink thing on the left is your fingernail, id find a different nail technician!

[Deleted User]

Duggy747 wrote: »

Those cheap-ass, knock-off laptop chargers people buy off Ebay are an absolute menace.

They think they're saving a bargain spending €10 on one when the piece of shít will either die within a few months, melt / burn the DC jack, fry the laptop, or just decide to spit out sparks for the craíc and burn the outlet it's plugged into.

I suppose I shouldn't complain, those chargers do bring me good business from all the damage they do :pac:

I have on the table next to me, a cable from one of those that caught fire only a few days ago!

Rather than just pulling the plug, they all ran away and called me!
The RCD cut out first, before I got to it.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

If that pink thing on the left is your fingernail, id find a different nail technician!

What?

Stainless_Steel

roy rodgers wrote: »

hate electric showers and im a plumber!! 9kw of power running through a load of plastic compartments, you be better of handing me a rope..

Eh...plastic is an insulator...

[Deleted User]

Stainless_Steel wrote: »

Eh...plastic is an insulator...

Only when it's dry.

Stainless_Steel

Deleted User wrote: »

Only when it's dry.

Ok...so what other material could they use that is also an insulator when wet??

dubscottie

Done several fire safety courses now and the one story sticks out..

My instructor's house burned down as his digital alarm clock overheated. Never thought to clean the dust off the top or if something fell on top of it, never moved it.

Looked at my own and was amazed by the heat off it. Got a new one that uses batts not the mains.

OCD when I leave the house.. Fridge and internet (others use it) are the only things left plugged in or on.

mikeyjames9

dubscottie wrote: »

Done several fire safety courses now and the one story sticks out..

My instructor's house burned down as his digital alarm clock overheated. Never thought to clean the dust off the top or if something fell on top of it, never moved it.

Looked at my own and was amazed by the heat off it. Got a new one that uses batts not the mains.

OCD when I leave the house.. Fridge and internet (others use it) are the only things left plugged in or on.

Hmm yeh

Some Fridges have a bad rep.

Beko

Sir Arthur Daley

Alot of people with amateur grow houses watching too much day time tele are at risk.

mikeyjames9

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Alot of people with amateur grow houses watching too much day time tele are at risk.

☺™

Sir Arthur Daley

mikeyjames9 wrote: »

☺™

agree 100%, electricity kills i think im sure.

Kovu

A suspicious amount of toasters on this thread...!

I can add my own toaster adventure. I put in two rice cakes to heat them slightly so the butter would melt on them. Went back to reading the paper except after about 30 seconds I heard a *FUMMUMPH* sound behind me.

Pondered about it for a few seconds and turned around to see flames merrily leaping out of the wretched toaster as it had set them on fire.

No problem for Kovu though, cool, calm and clear headed, I shrieked, opened the window, picked up the toaster and flung it outside.

VapeMasterPro

ryanf1 wrote: »

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.

My mother's cousin (my 2nd cousin?) was electrocuted to death by her shower. It was one of the old electric showers back in the 80s.

Tetra

My electric blanket when I was half asleep but I smelled it before anything really bad happened

Smidge

Had a tv blow up in a bedroom while kids were watching it. Flames, the works. Had a few other minor things smoulder before catching over the years.
Makes you think that houses are death traps :-(