Faulty electrical plug socket in rented house.

supermoneysaver_2

I rent my house from the local council.

They replaced my kitchen floor a couple of years ago and when we moved back in as I was reinstalling my dryer I noticed the socket was damaged and not fitted right.

I pointed it out to the workmen but the said it was fine and would not be a problem.

I rang the council and asked them to come out and do a ten year periodical check on my house as it had not been done for over ten years and we had already had problems with other plugs in the property.

I was told that it didnt need doing as it had been done on a select number of properties of the same age on the same estate and that was good enough for them.

As I said this was over a year ago and to be fair we have not had any problems.

That was till this morning. I switched the dryer on and after less than ten seconds there was a bang and the fused box tripped.

I pulled the dryer out and saw the plug for the dryer was melted and the socket black.

I changed the fuse in the plug and tried it in another socket but it just keeps tripping the fuse box. What ever the bang was has obviously affected the dryer.

Thanks for staying with me to this point, my question is this, taking in to account the back story do I have a case to ask the landlord to repair the damaged dryer?

Thanks for your help in this matter.

wealdroam

From the information you have given, I would be inclined to think that the dryer has developed a fault which caused the plug/socket to overheat and caused the mcb to trip.

Of course, there is no way my diagnosis can be confirmed without inspection.

At this stage, it is unreasonable to blame the faulty socket for damaging your appliance.

How old is the dryer?

arcon5

I'm inclined to agree with above tbh. In similar situations in the past, usually when using a different socket in another room it's fine.