USB type C burning?
USB type C burning?
Hi all
We noticed a plastic burning smell and a little smoke and discovered the end of the USB Type C seems to have melted the black plastic on the end. It was not in use at the time and I presume someone had put a plastic bag on top of it as it had melted a hole in the plastic.
Why did this happen? Was something faulty eletric wise? If so what? Was it the USB cable?, the USB multi socket (see photo) or the socket in the wall it was plugged into? Or none of these and it was simply because...
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by blackcloud
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USB type C burning?
Hi all
We noticed a plastic burning smell and a little smoke and discovered the end of the USB Type C seems to have melted the black plastic on the end. It was not in use at the time and I presume someone had put a plastic bag on top of it as it had melted a hole in the plastic.
Why did this happen? Was something faulty eletric wise? If so what? Was it the USB cable?, the USB multi socket (see photo) or the socket in the wall it was plugged into? Or none of these and it was simply because...
Read more
by blackcloud
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum