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That second photo appears to be British plugs and extension strips, and is an all too familiar sight!

Yeah, it's a familiar sight allright. Looks like my workbench and the spouse's computer desk....

OK, which one of you weisen-heimers broke into my flat to take that shot?

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Wonder what role the TV antenna cable and splitter are playing in this picture....was this picture taken behind a home hi-fi rack system?

And then I see something that looks like a telephone box....on the wall.

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Yes, that's a standard BT telephone outlet on the wall with a line disappearing somewhere into the tangle of wires.

It looks like a multi-way adapter and phone cord connected at the left-hand end of the white extension strip as well. It's probably one of those surge-suppressor strips that incorporate a telephone feed through.

(submitted via Joe Tedesco)

Hol-eee geez.... How'd you (or the person who made this shot) cause this to happen?

What was plugged into it and shouldn't the fuse or -- now more commonly -- circuit breaker normally built into these things have popped and cut the current flow?

I thought these things were supposed to be made out of a type of plastic that didn't burn......

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Is (was) that foil looking stuff some kind of shielding?
I guess I'll have to smash up one of these things to see what's inside...destructive testing is a "forte" of mine ...S

Holy Shiite! Anyway, I've had these things apart, and there's no conductive shielding or anything other than cheap plastic inside. Aside from some brass rails that form the outlet contacts.

i've seen a similar picture, where the fire was causes by a bad quality varistor (overvoltage/surge protection) that leaked internal insulation and got hot.