Hi everyone
A strange one happened today...
Following using the iron, I went to switch the socket off before removing the plug. As I switched the socket off, there was a pop and a flash followed by a small puff of smoke. The RCD tripped at the same time.
It seemed coincidental that it would happen as I switch the socket off, but I assumed the most likely thing to be at fault to be the iron so opened up the plug and had a look inside. Everything looked clean and the fuse was still ok so i moved my attention to the socket.
I took the socket away from the wall and inspected the cabling but again, everything looked clean and ok, cables seated correctly and secure.
In the absence of any obvious fault, I reset the RCD and tested the socket and iron and all worked ok.
I expected to find a fairly obvious smoking gun given the pop, flash, smoke and tripped RCD, but nothing.
Any ideas? Should i be concerned our just forget it ever happened?
Thanks
Burt
A strange one happened today...
Following using the iron, I went to switch the socket off before removing the plug. As I switched the socket off, there was a pop and a flash followed by a small puff of smoke. The RCD tripped at the same time.
It seemed coincidental that it would happen as I switch the socket off, but I assumed the most likely thing to be at fault to be the iron so opened up the plug and had a look inside. Everything looked clean and the fuse was still ok so i moved my attention to the socket.
I took the socket away from the wall and inspected the cabling but again, everything looked clean and ok, cables seated correctly and secure.
In the absence of any obvious fault, I reset the RCD and tested the socket and iron and all worked ok.
I expected to find a fairly obvious smoking gun given the pop, flash, smoke and tripped RCD, but nothing.
Any ideas? Should i be concerned our just forget it ever happened?
Thanks
Burt