USB wall sockets

RumRat

DullGreyGuy said:

The fire brigade were giving warnings on these a while back... there have been plenty of cases of people buying cheap/fake chargers and they overheat and ignite which when a plug isnt not great but if you see them starting to smoke/blacken/melt then you can turn the switch off. Some sockets are built to the same low standards but clearly you can't just flick a switch or pull it out if it starts to go up

I would know to go to the consumer unit and turn off the ring but wife/kids etc may not

It might be an idea to check and give them a quick heads up if necessary....

DullGreyGuy

RumRat said:

DullGreyGuy said:

The fire brigade were giving warnings on these a while back... there have been plenty of cases of people buying cheap/fake chargers and they overheat and ignite which when a plug isnt not great but if you see them starting to smoke/blacken/melt then you can turn the switch off. Some sockets are built to the same low standards but clearly you can't just flick a switch or pull it out if it starts to go up

I would know to go to the consumer unit and turn off the ring but wife/kids etc may not

It might be an idea to check and give them a quick heads up if necessary....

she could have done it 100 times and have it tattooed on her arm, wouldnt make any difference, she isnt good under stress