How to wire a spur – what happens with an overloaded spur

Hi all, I felt I must show you this picture on my electricians blog. This is a picture that was kindly sent to me by another like minded electrician in the uk wanting to help in my campaign informing the public about what can happen with bad electrics in the home. Chris from CPJ Electrics from Berkshire ( www.cpjelectrics.co.uk ) emailed me to say  Please use my pictures to stop people employing ill informed / non trained and non competent people”

 

Chris moves on to explain what happened in the picture you see:

 

“the chrome Switched fused spur unit shows what happens when you have a 2400W dryer & 1200W washing machine on the same fused spur - its overheats - melts & emits a fishy smell”

 

Thanks Chris for your kind time and efforts in helping this electricians blog. Eventually if us electricians “ Competent people “ can convince home owners that it really is not saving them money in the long term to not employ a competent electrician, Then we should all live in safer homes!

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