Hi all,
Just started a new job as a caretaker and have a few tasks to do that I've done for years and a couple that I've only done on a domestic basis so could do with a little advice on.
Today I was called upon because a plug for a plate warming unit had caught fire, and when they killed the power and unplugged it the live pin was stuck in the socket and the plug was done for.
I've chopped the cable and fitted a new plug and replaced the wall sockets with a new plate.
Could anyone advise why this might have happened? There's another plate warming unit in the kitchen and they said something similar had happened with that one and showed me the wall socket plate for that one which has a small burn mark on it but fortunately it hasn't got to the same point with that one but I've condemned it for now anyway but being a kitchen, they need it back up and running asap.
The connections to the sockets were spot on and the wiring looks ok in the other plug which has got hot but hasn't caught fire so can't think it's a bad connection.
I tried putting a smaller rating fuse in but they just popped. 13A is all that'll stay running.
Any ideas?
Just started a new job as a caretaker and have a few tasks to do that I've done for years and a couple that I've only done on a domestic basis so could do with a little advice on.
Today I was called upon because a plug for a plate warming unit had caught fire, and when they killed the power and unplugged it the live pin was stuck in the socket and the plug was done for.
I've chopped the cable and fitted a new plug and replaced the wall sockets with a new plate.
Could anyone advise why this might have happened? There's another plate warming unit in the kitchen and they said something similar had happened with that one and showed me the wall socket plate for that one which has a small burn mark on it but fortunately it hasn't got to the same point with that one but I've condemned it for now anyway but being a kitchen, they need it back up and running asap.
The connections to the sockets were spot on and the wiring looks ok in the other plug which has got hot but hasn't caught fire so can't think it's a bad connection.
I tried putting a smaller rating fuse in but they just popped. 13A is all that'll stay running.
Any ideas?