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Extension lead disintegrate on touch

  • 04-12-2023 1:10pm
    #1
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    This happened yesterday. Issue with the aerial so I was plugging everything out. Touched the extension lead and it broke.

    There's not a huge load on it by any means. Sky box, Saorview box, Apple TV, booster and a signal converter. Sky and Saorview turned off 99% of the time as the TV has both.

    Any thoughts what could have caused this?

    (I've removed the booster so we're down to the Sky box, Saorview box, Apple TV and a signal converter. Just don't want it to happen again)

    ExtLead2.jpg




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  • #2
    Escapees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 628 ✭✭✭Escapees


    It looks like it's had a rough life and some knocks along the way! Sure look at the elastic band keeping the plug together... That hardly happened as a result of you supposedly touching it! It's possible that a lot of exposure to heat (e.g. a radiator) or sunlight caused the plastic to go brittle and then it cracked more easily when it got a knock or two, but...


    Anyway, just throw it away and buy a new one. It's a death trap...



  • #3
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,411 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058325607/extension-lead-disintegrate-on-touch

    Wow, that's interesting alright. So the power block and the plug crumbled? Mind turning it over and tell us if there is a brand on it?

    Do you have an air ioniser nearby or a UV source, or was it in strong sunlight during use?



  • #4
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121452574#Comment_121452574

    Sorry, the band is only on it as the plug broke too, we're not that crazy! It was in a dark spot and not moved.



  • #5
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121452601#Comment_121452601

    No brand but it is CE marked.

    No UV, it was in a corner behind the TV


    Plug.jpg


  • #6
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,545 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    I'm no expert on plastics and the type of plastic here will determine the causes of failure:

    Heat

    Age

    Oxidation.

    To be honest it looks like a cheap power strip so the plastics are not likely high quality. Over the years the plastics have outgassed and become brittle as a result.

    The other thing and to be honest it's a lot less likely is that you have a poor connection in your socket that's creating heat and ozone and that's attacked the plastic.



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