Shit. WTF.
Feb. 24th, 2007 04:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparklebutchIt's four in the morning. We're in bed. Not a soul moving in the house, even the felines are deep asleep.
There's a strange noise. And a strange smell. I get up.
Fucking electric kettle is smoking. The switch is black.
The thing was *off*. It had cold water in it. No one's touched it in two hours or so.
WTF? How did it do this?
Now I'm thinking, the next kettle can do that any time. If we leave the house, and we think everything's safe because, everything's turned off - it's not safe. I've been leaving my cats with a kettle that can burn itself without being touched.
I'm a bit scared.
There's a strange noise. And a strange smell. I get up.
Fucking electric kettle is smoking. The switch is black.
The thing was *off*. It had cold water in it. No one's touched it in two hours or so.
WTF? How did it do this?
Now I'm thinking, the next kettle can do that any time. If we leave the house, and we think everything's safe because, everything's turned off - it's not safe. I've been leaving my cats with a kettle that can burn itself without being touched.
I'm a bit scared.
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Date: 2007-02-24 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-25 12:17 am (UTC)Plugs to be used in fic, and not with electricity.
Well, maybe a bit with exlectricity. Hmm.
On a serious note, I don't really know what's a risk, since I knew kettles are a problem if left *on*, but didn't know they can spontaneously combust.