Wall Plug Trouble - DANGEROUS?

[topolino 0]

I use a Wall Plug with my Isomac Venus espresso machine. It's been fine quite long, but today I noticed that the wall plug doesn't turn completely off. There's a faint light on the machine when the plug is off. I had to remove the plug to get the light off.

Is it dangerous that the plug is slightly on when it's supposed to be off?

Should I return it?

[Longy 6]

I have same problem with wall plug

[topolino 0]

Fibaro? I'd really appreciate a comment from you.

[akatar 208]

turn the plug 180 degrees

[topolino 0]

Turning the plug didn't make any difference.

This happened again today. It only seems to happen after the machine has been running for a while. When I turn it off, there's a faint glow on the power lamp. It doesn't go away until I remove the plug.

I tried measuring with a volt meter, and I couldn't read any voltage when the power was cut.

Can anyone explain what is happening?

[rantta 2]

Faulty unit? Return it.

[petergebruers 1,268]

Possibly an isolation problem... in any one of the components. Leakage current through earth... You know an electrician with a "megger"?

[akatar 208]

i have the same with led

turning the led plug 180 degrees in the wall plug did solve my problem

[petergebruers 1,268]

turning the led plug 180 degrees in the wall plug did solve my problem

Yes, that makes sense if you use Live + Neutral (+ earth). In the normal position, maybe the internal relay is connected to N. When you have it upside-down it's connected to L. In the city I live in, we don't have L+N but L1+L2+L3. So turning it upside-down wouldn't make a difference with respect to PE (ground)...

[akatar 208]

something got lost in translation

in Belgium there is only l1 l2 and l3?

[petergebruers 1,268]

something got lost in translation

in Belgium there is only l1 l2 and l3?

I live in Aalst, and that's a very old city

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/emoticons/default_icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" /> Yes, I have three wires coming from the meter. Between the wires is 230V. If I had a neutral, L+N would give me 130 Volt. It is uncommon nowadays. A disadvantage is... powerline doesn't work if the adapters are not on the same circuit...

[akatar 208]

never heard of that

in netherland we have (in house) l + n = 230v

and sometimes l1 +l2 +l3 = 380 volt

[Talktome 0]

Same here in the UK

I'm using four wallplugs with UK adaptors and they don't "leak"... they do draw a tiny amount of power while listening for messages to repeat etc