Someone explain this:
House under refurb but still occupied. Two fridges connected to extension lead, along with a 230/110 transformer, for site tools. Tranny NOT powering anything at time of 'incident'.
Someone plugs a standard kettle into a spare socket on the connector strip. Kettle starts to heat normally. Then BOTH fridges start to smoke from the back and one actually catches fire in the motor area!
After everything disconnected, fire put out and dust has settled, the kettle, tranny and extension lead all worked perfectly. No problem found with house consumer unit or with any other electrical kit. Only BOTH fridge motors were fried.
WTF happened????
House under refurb but still occupied. Two fridges connected to extension lead, along with a 230/110 transformer, for site tools. Tranny NOT powering anything at time of 'incident'.
Someone plugs a standard kettle into a spare socket on the connector strip. Kettle starts to heat normally. Then BOTH fridges start to smoke from the back and one actually catches fire in the motor area!
After everything disconnected, fire put out and dust has settled, the kettle, tranny and extension lead all worked perfectly. No problem found with house consumer unit or with any other electrical kit. Only BOTH fridge motors were fried.
WTF happened????