Can Someone Help? Melted Plug?

[brman]

of course it could also be that the person who wired the ring didn't do any of the terminal screws up properly. I've seen it before...........

 

[GLENNSPARK]

of course it could also be that the person who wired the ring didn't do any of the terminal screws up properly. I've seen it before...........

tell her she needs an ECR carryin out then....

 

[brman]

tell her she needs an ECR carryin out then....

I've already said she needs to get a spark in....

 

[Fiona Lester]

Sorry for the delay in replying

Firstly, yes... sorry, a tumble dryer. Sited in the hall, where originally we had one of those wound extensions running into the kitchen under a door the we keep closed behind the dryer.... and into a socket in there - that socket was only installed maybe 3 years ago... with the new kitchen so shouldn't have been an issue. Though I see now that the wound extension may have been. Once that burned out, we bought a length of cord with a socket on one end and a plug on the other from an electrical shop and ran it down the hall to an older socket. This was the one that melted today. The plug from the dryer does get hot but it was the extension plug in both cases that melted.
Now.. one thing worth mentioning is that I moved the dryer to hoover yesterday and it may have been put back too close to the wall... possibly... I am not certain as hubby pulled it out when the plug got burned so not sure where it was :-\

 

[Fiona Lester]

Oh, and I am in Teesside if anyone happens to be local Thanks!

 

[Des 56]

Burnt plug top will ruin socket
Burnt socket pins will ruin plug top

Change all of them involved,check the wires at each item and try and avoid extra connections to the machine,eg extension leads

 

[Adam W]

Sorry for the delay in replying

Firstly, yes... sorry, a tumble dryer. Sited in the hall, where originally we had one of those wound extensions running into the kitchen under a door the we keep closed behind the dryer.... and into a socket in there - that socket was only installed maybe 3 years ago... with the new kitchen so shouldn't have been an issue. Though I see now that the wound extension may have been. Once that burned out, we bought a length of cord with a socket on one end and a plug on the other from an electrical shop and ran it down the hall to an older socket. This was the one that melted today. The plug from the dryer does get hot but it was the extension plug in both cases that melted.
Now.. one thing worth mentioning is that I moved the dryer to hoover yesterday and it may have been put back too close to the wall... possibly... I am not certain as hubby pulled it out when the plug got burned so not sure where it was :-\

You may have noticed that your delay in responding has led to the conversation going somewhat off-topic, eg speculating as to how much hair our more elderly members have (or rather lack of).
A tumble dryer is one of the most current hungry appliances in a home so really needs it's own socket to be plugged directly into. Any wound extension which isn't fully unwound will use more power due to a phenomenon known as Lenz's law (basically the coils of wire form an electromagnet which fights against the current the appliance is trying to use) which would be more prevalent the higher the current consumption of the appliance. If you use a cheap extension lead the chances are it's only designed for lower current appliances such as lamps, mobile phone chargers, maybe computers etc. so may not be able to handle a tumble dryer being plugged into it and in the worst case scenario the fuse could blow or worse still melt.

My advice would be to get an electrician in to check the sockets where the overheating has occurred (including the cables supplying them) and install a new socket where you want the tumble dryer to go.

Fortunately for you there seem to be a lot of forum members around your area....

 

[Adam W]

While your electrician is there you could get him/her to do an Insulation Resistance test on the extension leads you were using. I suspect they're what's we call "knackered" but stranger things have happened, like in 1542 when the mayor of Bavaria spontaneously combusted.

 

[Rockingit]

There's only actually three common points with this:

1) Machine itself / plug on it....... check plug is fitted properly and has correct fuse rating
2) Extension......check cable is rated for 13A, NOT a lightweight one, isn't on a drum/unwound
3) Socket outlet/s.....check terminations are tight.

There you go, and not a grey hair in sight. (Well, not me personally, I got loads of them thanks to three kids).

 

[Knobhead]

Come back PinkHancuffs all is forgiven.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

because it was a good excuse to have a pop at me. just because i'm getting on a bit, don't mean i go to the barbers for a wax and polish.

on the contrary Tel....judging by your pic....you seem to have a `full head of hair`.....

 

[Geordie Spark]

what's a hair dryer, i use a towel.

What's hair??

 

[electrikarl]

Hi, as has already probably been said, you should'nt have the dryer running off a extension, same goes for a washer etc, other than that, a problem with the dryer but only after inspection.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

what's a hair dryer, i use a towel.

Use neither, got no hair

 

[telectrix]

What's hair??

it's something you pur round a hole, so you can find it.