Colin Wilson wrote:
Anyway, the other day, after being in the garage with the heater on
for a couple of hours, I unlugged it and noticed that the plug was
warm, rather foolishly I stuck my finger on the prongs and the live
one was bloody hot.
Can anyone tell me whats causing this and what I can do to fix it as
I'm a bit scared of melting the socket or burning the garage down.

Could be a loose connection in the socket you were plugged into...

It could also simply be that the 13 amp plug fuse is running hot, with
a 3kW load it will certainly run warm and even with a 2kW one it may
be a little warmish. Depending on how well the plug and socket
conduct the heat away this may be the only problem. There are not
many appliances that take two or three kilowatts *continuously* so the
problem is often only evident with an electric fire.

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Chris Green )