Goats left knee
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Noticed a burning smell in kitchen this morning. Noticed this evening it was coming from a double socket. There was a small amount of smoke coming from the socket.
So I switched off the electricity, removed the screws and disconnected the socket.. the brown wire had burnt its plastic covering and had burnt into the socket at its connection burning the casing and even the screw a little.so the wires are all loose and I pushed them into the wall and covered with tape til I get a new socket fitted.
Anyway strangely none of the other sockets in that corner of the kitchen now work, and none of the trip switches are down in the hall.
Anyone any idea why this is the case? And why would the socket have burnt up?
So I switched off the electricity, removed the screws and disconnected the socket.. the brown wire had burnt its plastic covering and had burnt into the socket at its connection burning the casing and even the screw a little.so the wires are all loose and I pushed them into the wall and covered with tape til I get a new socket fitted.
Anyway strangely none of the other sockets in that corner of the kitchen now work, and none of the trip switches are down in the hall.
Anyone any idea why this is the case? And why would the socket have burnt up?