ELECTRICAL CHARGERS

[kath5420]

I'm currently compiling a briefing report on fires caused by electrical chargers/counterfeit chargers/cheap charger, e.g. E-Cigartte, laptop, tablets, game consoles etc. If any of you have attended/invetigated an incident in the last fiscal year, can you post a few details i.e. town, location of fire and type of charger.
Thanks

[nearlythere]

There might be something here for you  to follow up.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-27371854

[jackbrouno]

I have a case, but its not related to chargers

[kurnal]

What is your case related to Jack?

[Tom W]

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/Flash/can-you-tell-the-difference-between-a-real-apple-iphone-charger-and-an-ifake.asp 

[Dinnertime Dave]

Kath,

Check your email I've PM you

Dave

[SamFIRT]

http://www.esfrs.org/black-museum/all-the-black-museum-cases/

[Fire Monkey]

I heard of a fire officer that had one in his back pack and it exploded - he was not hurt but very surprised.

[kurnal]

Battery with inbuilt 'fire extinguisher' developed. Looks interesting


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38637357

[lyledunn]

Kath,
When you compile your case, would you care to share? I am very interested in fires where the ignition source has been identified as electrical.
There is a price to pay for stepping voltages down. Many laptops, for example, are fairly powerful, and the male / female mains power connections can become sloppy resulting in overheating at the connection.
100w at 230v is only around 0.4A but more than ten times that when the voltage is reduced to 20v.

[Fire Monkey]

The US navy has recently banned vapping devises on its entire fleet.

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=99913