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Plug socket on wall making cracklng noises

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  • 13-05-2019 2:28pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Hi all,

    I'll be getting an electrician in to have a look and wont be using the mains socket, however the twin plug socket on wall is making crackling noises and the TV and table lamp etc using the socket are cutting out.

    It "seemed" to concide with my replacing the table lamp light bulb with an LED light bulb.

    The guy in the shop at the time started talking about how it varied and adapted the electrical current, but I didnt really understand what he was saying.

    Pure coincidence?

    Thanks


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    Sleeper12
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    I would turn that circuit off at the fusebox till you get an electrician in.


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    corsav6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Bad connection, best bet it to turn it off at the trip switch as it can overheat.
    The bulb will have nothing to do with it, it might have been from you removing a plug or something from that socket.


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    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    +1 to the posts above.
    Chauncey Gardner wrote: »
    I'll be getting an electrician in to have a look and wont be using the mains socket

    Good move. As already stated turn off this circuit at the distribution board until the issue is resolved as this is a fire hazard.
    however the twin plug socket on wall is making crackling noises and the TV and table lamp etc using the socket are cutting out.

    The noise is due to an electric arc flashing across a bad connection. Each time this happens it makes and breaks the current.
    It "seemed" to concide with my replacing the table lamp light bulb with an LED light bulb.

    Nothing to do with this issue. LED lamps draw less current that the older tungsten filament type, so if anything this would reduce the arching.


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