Electrical shock from extractor hood

[Vortigern]

It sounds like you had a lucky escape, and your family. As you say you were holding it I presume it went through your hands, via the heart. I strongly recommend you get a check up at the A&E dept for any harm it may have done. It can happen that damage is caused to the heart in such situations as you describe. Sorry if that sounds alarmist but I would take it seriously.

 

[James]

It sounds like you had a lucky escape, and your family. As you say you were holding it I presume it went through your hands, via the heart. I strongly recommend you get a check up at the A&E dept for any harm it may have done. It can happen that damage is caused to the heart in such situations as you describe. Sorry if that sounds alarmist but I would take it seriously.

good point, even a visit to the local GP, they probably have an ECG machine which is what they are going to test you with.

 

[freddo]

That's rather reckless behaviour, intentionally connecting the earth wire to a live connection.

 

[Vortigern]

Congratulations @littlespark
you have just passed your online stage 1 exam

Earth is green and yellow

Sorry but the earth is just green in that extractor causing confusion, no pass I judge as adjudicator from NICEIC which is God, at least in their eyes.

 

[CTID71]

Red was a good colour for live. Denotes danger... brown could be confused as earth, because, well earth, as in dirt is brown??

Brown is live!
Blue is neutral,
Earth is green and yellow

Brown is live! (Repeat)

just covering my back.

Quality? Just had another great day. Covered incovered in soot moving a frame and then

Red was a good colour for live. Denotes danger... brown could be confused as earth, because, well earth, as in dirt is brown??

Brown is live!
Blue is neutral,
Earth is green and yellow

Brown is live! (Repeat)

just covering my back.

Brilliant.....

 

[CTID71]

It sounds like you had a lucky escape, and your family. As you say you were holding it I presume it went through your hands, via the heart. I strongly recommend you get a check up at the A&E dept for any harm it may have done. It can happen that damage is caused to the heart in such situations as you describe. Sorry if that sounds alarmist but I would take it seriously.

Only today was thinking the same. Have fitted loads of plugs and can't believe I wired it this way. Never would have thought the repercussions would have been so bad.
....kind of noticed something but distracted and didn't pay it a great deal of attention. Has scared the hell out of me. Thanks for your concern. I may just do that. Had another great day moving the frame in the chimney, covered in soot then covered in bath water in dealing with an iced up pipe (never happened before). Having the time of my life at the moment.

 

[Vortigern]

Are you Frank Spencer?

 

[nicebutdim]

I'm laughing now, but this thread frightened the wits out of me this morning.


Edit: Laughing stopped again as I noticed it's valentines day tomorrow. Dog house for me.

 

[123]

Pun intended...connecting a plug that way is simply shocking

 

[Zlodej]

Thank you for replying. Instructions say Warning! This appliance must be earthed - think I have messed up here, item bought online - clearly Chinese import via Co based on Nottingham. Don't usually buy electrical appliances online and was hesitant. Feel I may need to Earth appliance but don't know enough abbot how to go about this.

CDA is the in-house brand of Howdens.
They may or may not be chinese, but tend to be generally far better made then those of Cokee Lewis (They do not bother with earthing any more), Which still is superior to those sold in screwfix where warranty claim (after one month when By low its covered by shop ) requires you to send it to factory in HONG-Kong for assessment...

 

[123]

CDA is the in-house brand of Howdens.
They may or may not be chinese, but tend to be generally far better made then those of Cokee Lewis (They do not bother with earthing any more), Which still is superior to those sold in screwfix where warranty claim (after one month when By low its covered by shop ) requires you to send it to factory in HONG-Kong for assessment...

CDA is not the in house brand of Howdens like Cooke & Lewis is for B&Q. I work for 2 independent kitchen companies and have been connecting up CDA appliances for years, they are totally independent

 

[Zlodej]

CDA is not the in house brand of Howdens like Cooke & Lewis is for B&Q. I work for 2 independent kitchen companies and have been connecting up CDA appliances for years, they are totally independent

Accepted, I have done some checking and it seem to be a UK sub-company (with some UK manufacturing) of a polish company. That might explain why it is safer then Cokee

 

[littlespark]

Is Lenovo not Howdens in house brand for appliances?

 

[freddo]

Lamona! (rebranded Beko IIRC) Lenovo is computers!

 

[littlespark]

Lamona! (rebranded Beko IIRC) Lenovo is computers!

So it is....

I’d like to blame autocorrect for that, but I can’t. It was just Sunday morning blur.

 

[Zlodej]

I used to like Beko before Dickson (Curries) bought and ruined it.
What it comes to is Lamona the original (Proper) Beko manufacturer (some Czech bloke, his son and few friends) that gave us things which take any misuse you throw at it or did it get ruined with Beko itself?

 

[nicebutdim]

I used to like Beko before Dickson (Curries) bought and ruined it.
What it comes to is Lamona the original (Proper) Beko manufacturer (some Czech bloke, his son and few friends) that gave us things which take any misuse you throw at it or did it get ruined with Beko itself?

Beko was (and still is) a Turkish company, owned by parent company Arcelik. It has never been owned by any Czech bloke, with or without the help of friends and family, and has never been owned by Dixons Retail.

They also own Beko PLC - Beko's UK subsidiary.

 

[Zlodej]

Beko was (and still is) a Turkish company, owned by parent company Arcelik. It has never been owned by any Czech bloke, with or without the help of friends and family, and has never been owned by Dixons Retail.

They also own Beko PLC - Beko's UK subsidiary.

Yet all the good bekos I have seen had Made in Czech republic, All the rubish ones I have seen are made in Turkey, I didnt do the research. I may as well shut-up about corporate things...

 

[nicebutdim]

Yet all the good bekos I have seen had Made in Czech republic, All the rubish ones I have seen are made in Turkey, I didnt do the research. I may as well shut-up about corporate things...

That's not related to the content of your previous post.

I haven't commented about where they manufacture products for various markets, nor the fact that white goods are often produced to slightly different specifications for large retail groups, but simply pointed out that Beko's owners were not whom you had stated.

 

[CTID71]

Are you Frank Spencer?

?? Certainly looks like it doesn't it?! Just got this stone terrace that causes me no end of problems. Would be easier to move but in a lovely spot.