The plug of my home water heater is very hot, which melts all the sockets on the wall. . What should we do?

This is caused by poor contact between socket and plug and high current and heat. Poor contact may be caused by loose copper parts of socket or plug and excessive load of socket. The solution is to change a new outlet with good quality first, and at the same time, the plug and cable of the electric water heater should be replaced in time for future safety. At present, there are hidden dangers in this way of electricity consumption, which should be dealt with as soon as possible.

It may also be that the power is too large and the bearing capacity of the socket is too small, and this problem may occur due to aging. It is best to connect the electric water heater with leakage protection separately to ensure safety.

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Matters needing attention in using plug of electric water heater

1, the electric water heater is a high-power electrical appliance, the power is about 1500W, and the normal working current can reach about 7.5A Therefore, the installation of the electric water heater must choose a socket that meets the requirements, and the allowable working current of the socket must be greater than the working current of the water heater.

At the same time, the plug should be electrically connected with the socket. Too small socket current or poor plug connection will lead to overheating, premature aging and even fire of plugs, sockets and wires.

If you don't use the water heater for a long time, you can cut off the power supply in order to save energy. As long as it is a water heater that has passed the national test, it doesn't matter if the power switch is turned on for a day or two. If you don't use it for more than three days or even months, you'd better cut off the power and unplug it. If hot water is often used, it can be turned on all the time, but the interval between two starts is better, otherwise it will consume electricity and hurt the machine.

A truly energy-saving electric water heater does not need to cut off the power supply frequently, because its heat preservation function should be completed when the power supply is energized. Frequent power outages will cause these energy-saving functions to fail to start. In addition, frequent unplugging will shorten the life of the plug and even bring unnecessary security risks.

2. If the power cord is damaged, in order to avoid danger, the special power cord provided by the manufacturer must be used and replaced by professionals in the maintenance department or similar departments.

3. Check regularly (usually weekly), and press the "Test" button of the leakage protection plug to confirm that the leakage protection plug can work normally.

4. When using the electric water heater, it is not allowed to turn off the power supply through the switch on the socket, because the leakage protection plug can't work after turning off the socket power supply, and it can't provide protection under fault conditions such as live grounding wire.

5, electric water heater equipped with socket, should be a fixed special socket with grounding wire, can't use mobile power terminal board. The structure, capacity and size of the socket should match the power plug of the electric water heater. The socket should be placed above the horizontal position of the water outlet of the electric water heater to avoid the danger of short circuit caused by water splashing.