Re: Nasty surprise this morning.....

[Stuart Billinghurst <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have the same experience a few years ago with one of these.. very
normal for wall warts not to be fused, but iirc it blew the lid off, and
scorched the kitchen wall.

Stuart.

On 26/10/2012 16:52, Keith Doxey wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Woke up this morning to find that the ring main had tripped off and
there
> was a "burnt electrical" smell hanging around.
>
> Went to the consumer unit and flicked the breaker back on and it
instantly
> tripped off, but it tends to do that after I have had the power off
due to
> the inrush currents on all the switch mode PSUs dotted around the
house.
>
> Flicked it back on again and it stayed on but as the power came back
on
> there was a flash and bang from behind me. I thought at first it was
the
> freezer but that seemed to be working OK.
>
> Then I noticed that the display was blank on the X10 Mini Timer.
Looking
> down at its power supply revealed a case cracked open and a big scorch
> mark
> on the case as well. Opened it up and one of the circuit boards in
> there is
> totally destroyed.
>
> What I hadn't realised until today is that although they plug into a
13A
> socket they are TOTALLY UNFUSED !!!!
>
> I have a spare kicking around somewhere but I am going to make sure I
plug
> it in via a short extension lead fitted with the lowest value fuse I
can
> find.
>
> Thought I would give people the heads up in case anyone else has one
> plugged
> directly into a socket.
>
> Keith
>
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