mains socket just blew up

[kingofswords]

my only mains socket just blew up. it was a looud bang and then a burnt smell.
i had one of thoses 4 in 1 adapters plugged in and my laptop seems ok but my heater i dont know but my titan battery charger isnt working....could it be that, that caused it?

[domesticextremist]

Probably.
I had a kettle that I descaled that did the same thing to a socket.
Turned out the scale was the only thing keeping it watertight

Chances are the socket is easily repairable (by a sparky)

[kingofswords]

yeh but what about my usb charger for 510 batteries?

[Chrissie]

King, what do you mean by "but my heater i dont know"? Just trying to work out exactly what you had plugged into a mains hub?

[bluemagnum]

Probably overloaded the plug.

[steve386]

Did you get the extension plug from Poundland. I've had one of theirs go bang before.

[kingofswords]

awwwwh no...yeh was poundland extension lead=(

sorry chrissie was in a big of a panick when writing...its a mains socket that went bang. it had a 4 way extension like steves from poundland and into that an electric heater plugged in(thought it was that that blew it) a titan battery and laptop.
i meant as socket isnt working anymore so dont know if it ruined my appilances....only really care about the titan battery charger as laptop has a anti surge plug.

sorry domesticextremist i meant as laptop seems fine only other thing im concerned with is the charger. didnt mean to sound so rude.

[steve386]

Nov 24, 2011 23:03:57 GMT kingofswords said:

awwwwh no...yeh was poundland extension lead=(

sorry chrissie was in a big of a panick when writing...its a mains socket that went bang. it had an electric heater plugged in(thought it was that that blew it) a titan battery and laptop.

We bought 10 at work and ended up throwing them all away. One went bang, a couple of others started getting really hot.

[domesticextremist]

Aah well, I guess there are some things that are worth paying more than £1 for.

[kingofswords]

yeh not quite the bargain i thought it waas....it did last over a couple of years though.

[steve386]

Nov 24, 2011 23:21:07 GMT kingofswords said:

yeh not quite the bargain i thought it waas....it did last over a couple of years though.

You were lucky, ours lasted less than a month.

Didn't take them back as it would have cost more than what they cost for our time.

[Chrissie]

I bet it was plugging in the heater that did it.

[kingofswords]

do you reckon....if it is im in trouble=(

[mikrosoft]

i would say it was the heater pulling too many amps for the poor thing to work lol.

[DiscoDes]

Yup, a heater draws a lot of current, you are far better plugging it directly in the wall. Also you should not coil up cables to high current devices as they can heat up if they're coiled.