Got an electric shock this morning, from one of those extention power thingies. I’ts not the first time i’ve given myself a shock and it probably wont be the last, but this one was quite nasty. it hurt my finger for a few minutes, that surge feeling went right through the body. These crappy, tiny two and three pin plugs are nasty, I wonder how many people are killed each year from electrical accidents directly resulting from these. They look like they should be used to take no more than 12v, not 240V AC!!
In my experience, they have the tendency to fall out of the wall when you least expect it, or buzz because of the poor connection and fuse or fry anything plugged in on the same socket. I’m no electrician, but whoever designed these plugs should be shot; they’re really dangerous!
Or more likely i’m just stupid, being used to idot-proof hefty UK plugs.