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[Baker1988]

This morning i woke up to my work clothes still wet as the dryer was not getting warm still working and spinning just not any heat, so i thought i would just fix it my self and finish drying them so i go to unplug it and notice this:



it had been terminated terribly and had all melted and even burnt the front of the socket, i bought it second hand so obviously they have changed the plug them self at some point but obviously they dont know what they are doing, the earth was not even connected or any thing.

Just thought i would share.

 

[Spoon]

The only damage was to the plug.... and also you with wet clothes... Things could have been worse mate.

 

[Baker1988]

The only damage was to the plug.... and also you with wet clothes... Things could have been worse mate.

Yeah could of been alot worse, ive change it now and every thing is fine, just surprises me how people can do such a bad job at changing a plug and think it is fine.

 

[YoungBart]

Yeah could of been alot worse, ive change it now and every thing is fine, just surprises me how people can do such a bad job at changing a plug and think it is fine.

To be fair, If they've only used a butter knife it's difficult to make a really good job.

 

[PEG]

Hi bud,just injecting a bit of devil's advocate...it is possible that the plug top was,terminated ok,but has arrived at that state,due to several reasons.

It looks like a cheap plug-top,and the fact that your dryer was still spinning,indicates power was still on,just the element had failed.

I have written several reports,regarding incidents such as this,and there are,in general, several factors occurring simultaneously or intermittently.

Poor quality plug-tops (BS rated or not...),under-counter S/O encountering minimal use,maximum dust/debris,sustained high current usage (not discounting a possible increase due to non-obvious dryer fault)...

We would feed a fixed water heater,say immersion,from a fused connection unit,for this reason,when the load difference for a dryer,may only be a few amps either way.

A friend of mine,supplies and repairs white goods,and this issue is extremely common,not usually becoming more serious or widely known,as the new or exchange machine,comes with a new plug-top. It is only when the heat damage has spread to the S/O,that more work identifies the problem.

There are MANY more hidden household disasters,some i have witnessed,such as capped vents,on loft cylinders (over bedrooms),and DB's with fitted but bypassed RCD's,are far more worrying.

My pals grandad,when i was a kid,used to say we were "sleeping with the enemy",after inviting pressurrised water,gas and electricity,into our homes...and he was partially correct,as my experience ever since,has proved attaining 100% safety, to be impossible :joker:

 

[DPG]

If I were you I would have a good close look at the socket outlet that this plug has been in. The heat may well have damaged it. Daz

 

[Midwest]

If I were you I would have a good close look at the socket outlet that this plug has been in. The heat may well have damaged it. Daz

And the flexible cable to the dryer.

 

[DPG]

And the flexible cable to the dryer.

It definitely wants the last few inches cutting back. Daz

 

[telectrix]

It definitely wants the last few inches cutting back. Daz

funny, my missus said that to me last night.

 

[DPG]

funny, my missus said that to me last night.

She said it to me as well

 

[Spoon]

funny, my missus said that to me last night.

Was she talking about your arm pit hair???

 

[Midwest]

Was she talking about your arm pit hair???

When you get to our age, it's earhole hair and eyebrows, unless you want the Dennis Healey look.

 

[Midwest]

It definitely wants the last few inches cutting back. Daz

In fairness, looking back at the OP's picture, looks like he's cut back at least the last nine inches!

 

[UKMeterman]

Hi,
Replace the socket with one from a decent make, and replace the plug with one of these 646WHI MK (ELECTRIC), 13A Fused 'Safetyplug' | Farnell element14

 

[DPG]

In fairness, looking back at the OP's picture, looks like he's cut back at least the last nine inches!

Good point, never noticed that! Daz