abbazabba69
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hello, a while back i had an outlet severely blow up, i mean very severe. all i was doing was plugging in a lap top that was not turned on, it was a two prong plug by the way. when the plugs made the connection, it literally blew up, like a huge ball of electrical fire came bursting out of the outlet, it melted one of the prongs about halfway down, started fire, burned me pretty badly. the building was built back in the 70's, maybe mid 70's or so. it is a rental property, i have been told by others it was a combination of things that caused it, first, the age of the outlet, there are numerous in this unit, which a terribly loose, i either have to bend prongs, or put tape over the outlet to keep even light two prong coords from falling out of the socket, let alone any actually weighted ac adapters, and second, the breaker did not trip right away, have lived here about 5yrs at the time of the fire, and was told the reason it did not trip right away was because the breakers had not been "worked out" as in turned off and back on a couple times a year. they did replace the one outlet right away, but me noticing there were close to 10 or more outlets in the unit in same condition, very loose, obviously very old, it took them close to a year and a half to replace the others. i have kept all the old sockets as legal action was my only recourse, as i was hurt pretty badly in the fire, and was in physical therapy for almost a year to recover. i have never even heard of this kind of thing happening, the outlet blowing up, nor the working out of the breakers.
my questions are, is there anyway to determine the age of the wall sockets? has this sort of thing happend to anyone else? and really, do landlords have the right to say they have no liability in an event such as this? **added later- not really looking for the legal advice, but if anyone knows how to tell the age of these outlets or has had this happen to them or anyone they know Thank you for the help so far guys, very much appreciated
my questions are, is there anyway to determine the age of the wall sockets? has this sort of thing happend to anyone else? and really, do landlords have the right to say they have no liability in an event such as this? **added later- not really looking for the legal advice, but if anyone knows how to tell the age of these outlets or has had this happen to them or anyone they know Thank you for the help so far guys, very much appreciated
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