Hi
I don't know if the reason for this is faulty wiring in the wall socket or faulty wiring in the extension lead plug that caught fire.
Basically, I had a normal extension lead (off which was running laptop, 2 heaters (1.2 kw each) and a lamp). For a couple of days I could smell TCP and had a look around but couldn't find the cause. Last night however, I only knew there was a problem when the lights flickered and electricty stopped and there was a puff of smoke coming from the wall socket from behind the sofa.
Switched off the electrics from the fuse box and pulled out the very hot plug (with oven gloves). The wall socket was burning hot. However there is still one of the pins of the plug stuck in the socket in the wall.
This tells me that there was faulty wiring in the plug itself but I can't understand why the wall socket was so hot. Also can't understand why fuses in the plug/fuse box didn't blow before this little fire broke out. The plug has massive hole in it where the plastic has melted and is missing one pin which is still stuck in the socket on the wall.
Obviously I overloaded the extension lead last night (don't normally have two heaters running) but can't understand why no fuses blew before.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
I don't know if the reason for this is faulty wiring in the wall socket or faulty wiring in the extension lead plug that caught fire.
Basically, I had a normal extension lead (off which was running laptop, 2 heaters (1.2 kw each) and a lamp). For a couple of days I could smell TCP and had a look around but couldn't find the cause. Last night however, I only knew there was a problem when the lights flickered and electricty stopped and there was a puff of smoke coming from the wall socket from behind the sofa.
Switched off the electrics from the fuse box and pulled out the very hot plug (with oven gloves). The wall socket was burning hot. However there is still one of the pins of the plug stuck in the socket in the wall.
This tells me that there was faulty wiring in the plug itself but I can't understand why the wall socket was so hot. Also can't understand why fuses in the plug/fuse box didn't blow before this little fire broke out. The plug has massive hole in it where the plastic has melted and is missing one pin which is still stuck in the socket on the wall.
Obviously I overloaded the extension lead last night (don't normally have two heaters running) but can't understand why no fuses blew before.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks