6pack
ex-Mod
One of the electric sockets in my house exploded. Felt like someone put a diwali bomb inside it. People in next building heard the sound and were asking each other what happened. :O
And the weird part is, it was not in use at that time. The socket next to it was in use. I was charging my phone on it. Charger was connected to a surge protector.
The house mcb tripped and also coincidence or not there's no power from that moment onwards yet.
I was looking at the burnt socket and saw that a spider web was built from between earth, live and neutral. Can a spider short the connection? The burnt area was too big and looked like the socket might have shorted internally. Weirdly, there are no crack marks on it or anything. Just the whole plastic is black.
And the weird part is, it was not in use at that time. The socket next to it was in use. I was charging my phone on it. Charger was connected to a surge protector.
The house mcb tripped and also coincidence or not there's no power from that moment onwards yet.
I was looking at the burnt socket and saw that a spider web was built from between earth, live and neutral. Can a spider short the connection? The burnt area was too big and looked like the socket might have shorted internally. Weirdly, there are no crack marks on it or anything. Just the whole plastic is black.