HI
We had a German made spin dryer for just over a 12 months. Recently it made a loud bang followed by a lot of acrid smoke which spread to the whole bungalow. Luckily the Trip Switch did its job. The spin dryer has a 3 pin plug. However recently reading information about the same machine I see that they mention it is now supplied with a 2 pin plug but 3 pin adaptor is supplied. Our machine is still under guarantee and the UK supplier stated that he is having some more machines made for him which will be shipped to the UK. Whether 2 or 3 pin I have no idea yet. Got me wondering what if our machines electrical cable was made for a 2 pin plug and wrongly connected to a 3 pin plug. Is there any difference between cables made for 2 pin and 3 pin plugs or am I barking up the wrong tree. Perhaps failure was due to some other cause. Would appreciate any thoughts please as it gave us quite a shock and not what one expects from a German made machine, German Engineering and all that!
Many thanks.
We had a German made spin dryer for just over a 12 months. Recently it made a loud bang followed by a lot of acrid smoke which spread to the whole bungalow. Luckily the Trip Switch did its job. The spin dryer has a 3 pin plug. However recently reading information about the same machine I see that they mention it is now supplied with a 2 pin plug but 3 pin adaptor is supplied. Our machine is still under guarantee and the UK supplier stated that he is having some more machines made for him which will be shipped to the UK. Whether 2 or 3 pin I have no idea yet. Got me wondering what if our machines electrical cable was made for a 2 pin plug and wrongly connected to a 3 pin plug. Is there any difference between cables made for 2 pin and 3 pin plugs or am I barking up the wrong tree. Perhaps failure was due to some other cause. Would appreciate any thoughts please as it gave us quite a shock and not what one expects from a German made machine, German Engineering and all that!
Many thanks.