‘Highly dangerous’ travel adaptors found for sale to UK consumers

Six basic travel adaptors failed a variety of safety tests including: some missing safety shutters, which protect users from touching live internal parts; missing fuses, increasing the risk of fire; oversized plug pin holes, making it easier to come into contact with live electrical parts; and devices that accepted three-pin plugs without providing an earth connection, removing an important layer of protection against electric shock.

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