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I think I may have access to a 67w charger (UK plug) that someone else has from a different brand mobile; I guess I could borrow that to make use of my phone's fast / turbo charge (65w)?

For a decent 65w charger, the cheapest I've seen is around £21, but could go all the way to £35. If you've a link for the tenner one you've in mind .....

Appreciate the replies everyone. Was hoping to make use of the 65W fast charge of the mobile phone, but looks like either forking out for a dedicated UK charger or use an existing 33W UK charger and not avail of the 'fast charge' feature of the phone.

Excuse the silly question, but if I was to acquire an EU phone with a 65w 2 pin charger, would I be able to just use a 1A shaver 2 pin to UK plug adaptor? Or would I need to find a 13A one?

Thanks RandomGrinch. Do you mean if it starts flaking off? I can't see it getting dusty?

Thanks - so as it is, it should be fine to continue using without worrying about health implications? I'll keep an eye on it. If it deteriorates, I'll look at replacing the cover.

I'm not sure if I can post my question here, but going by the pictures provided, does it look like the waveguide need replacing? A family member recently tried microwaving popcorn, whereby the bag over-expanded - got stuck, resulting in a slight burn to the waveguide. The microwave has been in...

Thanks for reminding of the word 'ingress' John - my mind went blank when I posted this. I don't think any of the mains sockets or fuse box has RCD protection.

Thanks for the replies. Think it was just plain water which was tipped in, which flowed and leaked out from the bottom. If I plugged it into an extension lead to try out, would it just short out the extension lead and/or the fuse in the main plug? Or if it was still damp (I think it's dried...

A relative recently mentioned this to me. Their kid poured water into their small rice cooker they had, which leaked water from the bottom (where the main electrics and board are we think). This happened a while ago and the rice cooker should now be dried out. Would it be safe to turn it on...

Yes - spot on. It is mainly due to where things are at the moment. I can't see total power draw exceeding 2000w on that wall socket. The hoover did cross my mind, but I can't see anyone kind enough to hoover up my room :) On the rare cases I do use the hoover, it would be on the ther circuit...

Sorry, me again!x I'm sure it's fine. but thought I'll run it by the professionals in this field for safety. I've discovered a new Masterplug 4-gang 2m individually switched extension lead with surge protection lying around. I'm thinking of plugging this into the wall socket, then have...

Appreciate your advice as always John(y)

Thanks again John. I assume it's recommended not to run extension lead on extension lead due to the length of cables some people may use, but if it's reasonably short - 2 metres plus 2 metres for example, it's not so much of an issue?

Thinking about it, rather than use a 2-way plug adaptor, I assume I could use a 2 gang one metre extension lead? Extension on extenions isn't an issue with my setup, is it?

Hello again John - thanks for confiming. So using an unfused 2-way adaptor with a router and a 6 gang extension lead plugged in poses no issues as per configuration in my first post? I assume if someone tried to plug in two extension leads into the adaptor, both drawing ~1500w on each lead...

Thanks - that's what I was thinking, but was nervous when I learnt that you shouldn't be running extension leads off another entension. Having said that, I do currently have that configuration on which an old digital redio alarm clock is ran off the first extension, then another extension lead...

What is the difference between the two? I assume fused is safer in any case? I currently have a 2 metre 6 gang extension lead from the wall socket, which powers at maximum: 1. Monitor 1 at 30w 2. PC 1 at 250w (max under tests) 3. Monitor 2 at 30w 4. PC 2 at 250w 5. Free - external...

Thanks for the info John. That's interesting, and as you're aware, I'm fresh to all this and much to learn! Just I haven't noticed with incandescent and CFL bulbs. Switching to branded LEDs such as Osram or Phillips will not help by the sound of it? It seems an inherent issue with LEDs?

Is it normal for LED bulbs to exhibit flickering when moving fast? It doesn't flicker per se at a standstill, but when you move quickly, it seems there's some juddering - similar to monitors Hz? Another example is running water from a tap; it seems as if it's slow motion. Can be quite...