We are surrounded by dozens of gadgets, which in recent years have become an integral part of the life. It is even somehow unusual to feel yourself when you leave the house without a smartphone in your pocket. Tablets, laptops, "smart" phones - all these compact things make our life more interesting and easier, but do we know how to contact them?
Today, the editors will talk about safety rules when using a variety of gadgets, namely: tells Is it possible to leave the charger in the outlet Unattended.
Charging in the outlet
The abundance of portable gadgets makes us stock up extension cords. After all, individual sockets for charging for each device are not attacked.
And this daily ritual charging gadgets is so in the habit that we just lazy to get devices from the outlets every time. What for? After all, in the evening or in the morning it will need to charge again. But this and the main danger lies.
Leaving unattended anything included in the socket, the person grossly violates the safety technique. But one of the main causes of household fires is a short circuit. And it can occur for a number of reasons, for example, when the voltage jumps in the network or due to a faulty charger.
Is the ordinary user knows that something is wrong with his charger? Yes, and few people think about the authenticity of the device, but the fake is unlikely to serve it.
"If on the street thunderstorm, then the charger cannot be left in the outlet. By the way, it is better to turn off the whole technique at this moment from meals at all, "adds the leading scientific officer of the Department of High Voltages MEI Ruslan Borisov.
According to him, working the battle charger, not only continues to consume electricity, but also can provoke a fire when heated even in good weather. It is especially unsafe for the countryside, where the wires are not in the best condition, but the rules of security during their installation are often neglected.
It is worth paying attention to the charger itself. If when charging the gadget it heats up - this is the norm. However, faulty devices can be heated even by working out when the gadget is disconnected.
This means that charging is faulty, so it is unsafe, but even more so leave the charger in the outlet Unattended.
