Re: Nasty surprise this morning.....

["starbug1234" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly the same here too.  Blew a hole straight through the casing of
the PSU...

S.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Stuart Billinghurst <stuart@...> wrote:
>
> I have the same experience a few years ago with one of these.. very
> normal for wall warts not to be fused, but iirc it blew the lid off,
and
> scorched the kitchen wall.
>
> Stuart.
>
> On 26/10/2012 16:52, Keith Doxey wrote:
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > Woke up this morning to find that the ring main had tripped off
and there
> > was a "burnt electrical" smell hanging around.
> >
> > Went to the consumer unit and flicked the breaker back on and it
instantly
> > tripped off, but it tends to do that after I have had the power
off due to
> > the inrush currents on all the switch mode PSUs dotted around the
house.
> >
> > Flicked it back on again and it stayed on but as the power came
back on
> > there was a flash and bang from behind me. I thought at first it
was the
> > freezer but that seemed to be working OK.
> >
> > Then I noticed that the display was blank on the X10 Mini Timer.
Looking
> > down at its power supply revealed a case cracked open and a big
scorch
> > mark
> > on the case as well. Opened it up and one of the circuit boards
in
> > there is
> > totally destroyed.
> >
> > What I hadn't realised until today is that although they plug
into a 13A
> > socket they are TOTALLY UNFUSED !!!!
> >
> > I have a spare kicking around somewhere but I am going to make
sure I plug
> > it in via a short extension lead fitted with the lowest value
fuse I can
> > find.
> >
> > Thought I would give people the heads up in case anyone else has
one
> > plugged
> > directly into a socket.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
>
>
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