Fan heater has burned out 2 different sockets, rights?

Viberduo

I used it at my old house but that was on a surge protected extension and it was ok in the kitchen with a old socket but when I tried it in living room on the surge protector it damaged the socket, just the switch as no damage to the socket.

In my new property had it in living room plugged into the wall direct and it was fine for a week and ent into bedroom earlier and when I came back the heater was off, and I could not remove it from the wall, with a bit of force I managed to move the plug but it shattered and the socket is cracked and totally black.

Just wondered rights on this as it sounds like a faulty heater to me, I did notice when in use the plug did get burning hot to touch but didnt remove it.

Its been over a month since I purchased this one to place one I had of same wattage that I owned for 2 years that never had these issues.

HappyMJ

What wattage is the heater?

I'd return it...

Viberduo

2.5kw, but even on half the plug got hot, nothing else was turned on at the time apart from fridge.

newbie1980

heaters always cause plugs to get hot and if its been used a lot i would suggest the cable in the plug has become loose or the plug could have worn causing the plug to become slack in the wall socket or vice versa making the connection poor hence the heat

Viberduo

Its only 2 months old but I do use it quite a lot.

DevCoder

1. Stop using it.
2. If you are savvy enough then open the plug top and check that all cores of the cable are terminated in their pins correctly. Excessive heat is normally a sign of poor termination/connection.
3. Else return it to where you bought it.

yangptangkipperbang

Poor sockets will cause overheating. If the prong on the plug is not gripped tightly in the socket that will generate heat.

Viberduo

I did not get a chance to return today, literally got to shop at 5.27 and they were already locked up as bus was late.

I noticed the actual plug had a huge bubble in the middle and smnaller ones around, and the fuse was brown.

paddyrg

Sounds like a fault in the wiring of the plug, shop should remedy it pretty sharpish if only by replacing it with another one and making sure the connections are tight. When plugs arc, they kick off a load of heat which would cause bubbling and damage