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I bought a new house in December. Brand new build. It was kind of rushed to completion because of the year ending. I feel a lot of the work was bodged. Anyway a few weeks back I started hearing this high pitched whine noise, I ignored it because I thought it was next door or something. It kept happening and eventually I went mad and tracked it down to a Nokia Lumia Phone charger (its one of those were it plugs into the wall socket and has a USB cable that can be taken from it and used at the PC instead). I put my ear right up to it and the noise was really loud and scary so i threw it away and thought it was just that 1 charger. 2 weeks ago it started again, this time it was my Apple Phone Charger... same sound, same kind of plug/usb lead and everything. I thought... what a coincidence. Both chargers were not in the same wall sockets, the sockets in question are at either side of my bed 1 was on my side and 1 on my partners. Anyways last night a third charger succumbed, this time in a different room. But the same high pitched whining/whiring sound. The same kind of USB/Plug charger, this time it was for my 02 3G Wireless Internet Hub. thats 3 chargers destroyed in 1 month. I was sat there holding the charger thinking "what the...?" when I realised i could hear the noise coming from somewhere else too. I tracked it down to the extractor fan above the Gas Hob in the kitchen... downstairs. I canot actually see the plug for this because its all built it and all plugs hidden but the sound was the same and it was coming from inside the unit (im thinking not where the plug is but the actual unit?) i flicked it off at the mains (theres a multi socket panel on the kitchen wall where everything is neatly labeled to be turned off.) I realised that the extractor fan in question is directly below the 2 bedroom wall sockets that malfunctioned my first 2 chargers. I have googled this to no avail so I'm posting it here incase anyone could shed some light on whatmight be going on. By the way this is not "normal" electrically humming/sounds. Most of my other appliances are making "normal" sounds... these particular items are not making normal sounds at all. They sound like they are about to explode and have been thrown in the bin.
I've called the Housing Builders and they are sending someone out but it's gonna take a day or two. I just wonder how many other appliances are going to drop dead in the meantime.
I've called the Housing Builders and they are sending someone out but it's gonna take a day or two. I just wonder how many other appliances are going to drop dead in the meantime.