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hi all, just used my extension lead, it was ok before i used it just to vacuum, the extension lead was fully unwound but its not very long anyway, the hover is only about 4 months old, so i can not really see that having anything to do with it, could be wrong though, extension lead was fitted with a 13amp fuse. thanks in advance for any help or advise.please see pictures below

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loose connection in live terminal. cut cable back to sound conductors and fit a new plug. make sure connections are tight and that the cord grip is securing the cable sheath.
 
It looks to me like the L Brown conductor was badly terminated. loose, worth checking the termination on all plug in appliances including extension leads occasionally, it may also have been a badly seated cartridge fuse, all in all a lucky escape.
 
If I did not know better that cable looks like 2.5 cable which should not be in a plug. It looks as if someone has put half of the strands in the terminal point and half outside to the right against the fuse holder. It also appears that the cable extended past the termination point. It looks like a home made extension lead atrociously wired. I hope no-one is trying to kill you! Gadzooks! If you did that, suggest you don't put on a new plug tomorrow;) That live is so close to the earth it is amazing there was not a big bang.
 
not home made, it was a brought from a well know diy store a few years back, now thank you also for your advise, insurance money left to dogs home :0:0:, so they would be wasting their time but little would they know that :),best i stay alert, guess i do not need any more replies to my original post. happy with every response, thank a million people.
 
not home made, it was a brought from a well know diy store a few years back, now thank you also for your advise, insurance money left to dogs home :0:0:, so they would be wasting their time but little would they know that :),best i stay alert, guess i do not need any more replies to my original post. happy with every response, thank a million people.
Really? if I was a detective I would suggest that is without doubt a home made effort!
 
It's not 2.5mm², looks like 1.25 to me. And I don't think that's stray strands hanging out of the line terminal as it looks the same even with the cable removed - it's just burnt plastic. I have seen commercially made cables with the earth tight like that and hand-stripped ends without ferrules, so I'd accept that it was off the shelf and just had a terminal screw or the fuse clip slacken off (my money is actually on the fuse clip because the open end is just as badly oxidised as the bottom)

I would say that it probably wasn't 'OK' before vacuuming, the discolouration and burning look to have progressed over a long time. I would think it has been used for a heating appliance or a continuous lower level load in the past, deteriorating unnoticed until used for the cleaner.
 
thank you for your comment Lucien Nunes, it was actually the extension lead i used for my domestic sewing machine and domestic overlocking machine (also sewing related machine for those that do not know), i have now disposed of the extension lead.
 

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