Re: Nasty surprise this morning.....

[Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Crikey! Excuse me while I go and find a fuse!!!

Appreciate the "heads-up".

R.

On 26 October 2012 16:52, Keith Doxey <ukha@xxxxxxx> 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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