Partner bought one of these viral fans from a well known Chinese online retailer. Within a couple of minutes of putting it on charge the smell alerted us to the searing hot and smoking cable so I quickly disconnected and threw everything outside…
For context – the cable used came with the fan. No plug adaptor was provided. It was powered from a Samsung adaptor (spec in photo) used regularly to charge other devices like smart watches without any issues, and that was plugged into a multi plug adaptor which again has been used for a couple years without issues. The multi plug adaptor was plugged into a double socket – a full electrical rewire was done on the house around 5 years ago.
When I disconnected everything the multi plug adapter was cool, the Samsung plug adaptor was just warm, and the fan also seemed cool. Whilst the cable was obviously screaming hot.
Is there anything wrong in the setup/compatibility or can I put it down to just a dodgy product? And yes I'm aware it's a cheap electronic -it's now in the bin and there's now a household ban from said retailer. TIA