Instead of finding his bread nicely toasted, STOMPer Life on Hand found his toaster's power plug all charred and blackened. He questioned the reliability of the Safety Mark found in many electrical appliances.
The STOMPer wrote:
"I was heating up a few slices of bread with the toaster late evening yesterday and head back to my room after that.
"About 5-8 minutes later, I came out from my room and noticed an awful burning smell.
"I thought that the bread might have been burnt, but I was caught by surprise when I saw smoke, sparks and fire beginning to burn the power plug of the toaster.
"Immediately I turned off the main switch and managed to stop the burning.
"Now I'm really worried about how far we can trust the electronic appliances with the Safety Mark on it.
"Because the advertisements always mention that we should always purchase goods with "Safety Mark" on it.
"However, the goods I bought also have Safety Mark on it but it still caught fire.
"Even the warranty doesn't cover this at all and the toaster was bought this year.
"So is there a problem with the Quality Control or the power plug itself?"
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@whatamIdoinghere, "should be thankful this is the neutral point".
This is the LIVE TERMINAL where the 13A fuse is connected to inside the plug.
Friend, you go open up the plug and see. When u fit the wire, the Live (Brown) is on your right, that is correct but this is the REVERSE, when you're looking from the base!!!