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You sure didn't just want to brag about that AWESOME property!! It is gorgeous -
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News Forum - Bangkok man electrocuted to death charging his phone
Cheap USB chargers can kill: https://wonderfulengineering.com/cheap-chinese-phone-charger-electrocutes-woman-to-death/ Condolences to his family and friends. -
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News Forum - Malaysian influencer solicits free kebab for “being pretty”
Here in Vancouver all the Middle Eastern places call them "Donair" -
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News Forum - Thailand’s taxi troubles: Tourists slam overpriced rides and shoddy service
I think you’ve explained yourself why you’ve never had a problem. Limo services and drivers you use regularly are not where these problems occur. They are the ones flagged down in the street and try it on with people. The main thing however is that this is not just something they do to foreigners. They also try it on with Thais and if it’s a single woman on their own, they aren’t averse to really trying it on. I would never allow a wife/GF/daughter of mine to get in to a cab hailed off the street in Thailand or anywhere in the world. If they really have to, my advice is send a snapshot of the cab number (on the side of the door) to a friend and pretend to be on the phone. Don’t strike up a conversation. Rare events, but not unknown. -
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News Forum - Bangkok man electrocuted to death charging his phone
I’m assuming the answer to some of the above statements is as follows: The original plug consisted of mental pins with a hole and screw to attach the Live, Neutral and possibly Earth (ground) to the respective pins. The pins, for whatever reason were now missing and so he simply inserted the Live and Neutral in to the mains socket. I don’t believe this played a role in the incident. The fault, whatever it was, must have been within the charger and placed mains voltage on the 0Volt output of the charger. This could be due to a fault on the input transformer within the charger. This mains voltage on the 0 volt line of the charging cable, which in turn is connected to the body or metal parts of the phone. When the guy held the phone, or was gripping it at the time of the fault, he would have completed the circuit and current would have passed to Earth (Ground) through him. An RCD would have protected him but a circuit breaker not necessarily so. It depends how much current was flowing through him. Most breakers for mains sockets are rated at 16Amps to 20Amps. A current as low as 0.1-0.2 Amps is enough to kill you. It’s current that kills, not voltage. In addition, circuit breakers aren’t always quick enough to isolate the circuit to stop personal injury or death, while RCD’s are. Quality chargers have other safety features built in, such a fuses rated at a few milliamperes which would have blown in such a situation. Cheap chargers often don’t have such a feature. These quality chargers also use “Opto Isolators or Opto-Couplers between the primary and secondary side of the circuit. Then there are aspects of double insulation or reinforced insulation. Morale of this story? Don’t buy a cheap charger from Lazada. Pay for a quality charger. In the long run it will last more years and perhaps save your life or that of your family.
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