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I add my own question to the thread: Does anyone know if there is any difference in terms of safety between a temporary travel adapter, reusable conversion plugs (you need a tool to open them) or non-reusable conversion plugs (permanently closed)?

i have used loads of them purchased here (homemate units, tal lira units, and hardware stores units, in 2bay 3bay 4 bay and 6bay units) and not had one problem in the last 5 years

Hi Frediy,

appliances like washing machines,dryers and ovens should not be connected to extensions with other appliances but should be plugged directly into your wall socket.

If you have an European plug I would recommend having an electrician change the plug for safety reasons.

Cheers
Ricky

i concur with ricky in  direct connection to wall sockets for heaters and washing machines etc (high wattage items)

Many extensions etc are made in China and are of inferior quality.

HI
My husband told me that the power supply here is not stable. We will put a surge charge on the extention, and make it stable and safe. We also use electric appliance from China, also fridge and washing machine are on the same extention. We have no problem with it.

Also we will plug out all appliances during lighting and storm. It will prevent damaging the electric appliances.

Sam

SammyC I intended no offence but it is my experience, not just here but UK as well that there are many extensions and plugs etc that are of inferior quality. Many, but not all of course.

ricky wrote:

Hi Frediy,

appliances like washing machines,dryers and ovens should not be connected to extensions with other appliances but should be plugged directly into your wall socket.

If you have an European plug I would recommend having an electrician change the plug for safety reasons.

Cheers
Ricky

Yes, this is what an electrician did for the washing machine.
I even don't understand why it hasn't been made from the start...


Regarding the power strips extensions, if we can't use them with some appliances (even only two small ones like a small heater + a laptop), this is not really convenient and they become a bit useless.


Now I don't know if it could be something linked, but it seems circuits could also be a bit badly made in some flats, even in recent ones...
I asked people about how mine was built (according to my fuse panel), and it seems that the fuse panel protection is definitively not optimal the way everything has been made...

Hi Frediy,

ok! So if your electrician has done that and you are only using 'small' appliances ( several hundred watts) on the extensions it should be ok !

If not then you can presume that something is wrong with the main fuses or the actual wiring or the extensions !

You or your electrician will have to circle in the problem step by step !

Cheers
Ricky

The wiring shall be done acc. IEE Wiring Regulations / BS7671

A lot of the wiring installations (even in new flats) do not comply with these regulations ... simply because many professional "plumber/electricians" resp. the famous handymen do not know them ...

Call 99943335 - Milen.
He is electrician/plumber working with Siemens for new appliances installation.

you get what you pay for. If you spend 3 euro, you can expect it to melt. Try looking for stuff with british kite mark .The malta plug is the british plug after all.

I would go for ones with surge protection if its something delicate or you care about.

What are the items that would be recommended for protection on the home??

good quality surge protectors - and switchable or standbye power lead extensions with them built in....

Thanks Toon but the question was which items of household electrical goods other than computor and charger units

brayster99 wrote:

you get what you pay for. If you spend 3 euro, you can expect it to melt.

lol

Never heard that you have to pay a lot more than that for a basic power strips extension to be safe.
Seriously.
We are talking about a major and dangerous issue here.

I already bought several ones in different countries, and this is the first time I see a such issue (melting ? wtf...).

I actually paid mine 5,50, and it was supposed to be "superior quality", "iso9001", "CE", and it was fused.
Made in China of course... But still.

The only thing I see is "do not exceed max loading of 3250 watts".
But my heater power consumption is 2200, and I doubt my laptop is more than something like 150.

I will bring it back to the shop and see what they says.

But when I see how bad quality are a lot of small technical things like that here, I really start to have some doubts.

There are many high quality and safe power strips  that  has Lighted on/off switch with integrated circuit breaker for overload protection of all outlets.

Your post is on a topic from 4 years ago!

Ray