IBU
Consol
|
|
Elta Model 8883 DVD Player - Lethal design defect
Non fatal electrocution from Elta Model 8883 DVD
Player
Elta Model 8883 dvd player for TV ( On opening player, &
considering what was wrong, a combination of all of:
Maybe the Scart socket was grounding the dvd player, & when
that pulled out while power cable was still plugged in to
socket behind the player, while I was pulling the player out of
the tv stand ... 230 V nominal into my hand. Any one of these
would have saved me:
- If PSU gad not been deliberately grounded to chassis
- Chassis covered in plastic
- 3 core cable & plug
- Polarised socket like Britain or France, unlike Germany
& Italy
- Newer flat with earth
trip, or get owner to fit earth trip in wall in fuse
box.
(Apparently flats a few years after mine all started having
earth
trips built in). Flat was built new & first rented in
Oct. 1985. Neighbouring flat with same landlord, &
several changes of tenant since 1985 (thus intermittent
vacant access), also has no earth
trip in wall.
- Screw a socket on outside of back of TV stand &
unplug all equipment before moving.
Pictures (sorry, pictures out of focus):
-
DVD player, lid off
-
Power board removed from
DVD player, component side of PCB
-
Power board removed from
DVD player, empty copper side of PCB.
-
An
earth trip, that would have protected me, but then
Nobody sticks one of these in every power socket round a
flat, consider the cost ! (I only have one, for when
drilling in walls, or doing electronics work on open
equipment).
This also shows the deficient
Germany style "Schuko" non- polarised sockets &
some other European countries use. (
French sockets are better with similar cost of
materials: French use an offset earth pin, giving polarised
power, defining which pin is live, & which is
neutral).
-
Back of
earth trip.
Detail from PCB of PSU: Elta CO-DPB118; 2004-1-1 MW GW108
Net search on Elta 8883:
|
|
