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For a good few years I have used an upright electric heater in living room plugged into a 6 way extension lead.
The heater and also an electric fan are plugged into the extention lead all the time, at either end of the ext lead socket line, so theres 4 outlets in between, which are only ever used for phone chargers but wasn't plugged in at the time.
When heater not in use, I normally unplug the ext lead from the wall socket but fan and the heater remain plugged into the ext lead outlets/sockets.
The heater is controlled by its own thermostat and is normally unplugged when fan is in use, although on this occasion the fan was in use and I'd forgot to unplug the electric heater.
I only unplug the heater because it's pointless the heater being on when weather's so hot & the fan is in use.
I've never unplugged the heater for safety reasons because the fan is on.
The heater is adjacent to french doors on the first floor and when the french doors are open, the breeze is sufficient to cool the heaters thermostat and switch it on, hence why I normally unplug it.
On this occasion with upright oscillating fan on speed setting One and electric heater on setting Two, emitting heat; I unplugged the heater which created and almighty bang and intense blue and white lightening type flash...... Why ?
The heater and also an electric fan are plugged into the extention lead all the time, at either end of the ext lead socket line, so theres 4 outlets in between, which are only ever used for phone chargers but wasn't plugged in at the time.
When heater not in use, I normally unplug the ext lead from the wall socket but fan and the heater remain plugged into the ext lead outlets/sockets.
The heater is controlled by its own thermostat and is normally unplugged when fan is in use, although on this occasion the fan was in use and I'd forgot to unplug the electric heater.
I only unplug the heater because it's pointless the heater being on when weather's so hot & the fan is in use.
I've never unplugged the heater for safety reasons because the fan is on.
The heater is adjacent to french doors on the first floor and when the french doors are open, the breeze is sufficient to cool the heaters thermostat and switch it on, hence why I normally unplug it.
On this occasion with upright oscillating fan on speed setting One and electric heater on setting Two, emitting heat; I unplugged the heater which created and almighty bang and intense blue and white lightening type flash...... Why ?
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