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Nobody in the history of personal computers has been killed by a charger.
by guelo 11y ago
Nobody in the history of personal computers has been killed by a charger.
- DanBC 11y agoYou can't know that. You can't know that there haven't been house fires caused by a charger, for example. Here's a recent house fire that killed five people, started by a phone charger. http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/10/phone-charger-started-fire-that-killed-five-members-of-family-5239404/ http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/10/phone-charger-started-fire-tha...
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoI doubt that short circuits have never killed anyone. That's not the only way a charger could kill you: DanBC points out the risk of fire, which is also a possibility.
- kens 11y agoThere are multiple reports of phone chargers killing people: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/14/c_132540098.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/14/c_1325400... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2950641/Woman-electrocuted-iPhone-dropped-bath-charging-looked-Russian-version-Facebook.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2950641/Woman-electr... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2671493/Woman-dies-electrocuted-headphones-plugged-laptop.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2671493/Woman-dies-e... http://shanghaiist.com/2015/03/15/girl_from_hebei_dies_after_being_el.php http://shanghaiist.com/2015/03/15/girl_from_hebei_dies_after... If you look inside cheap chargers (as I have), it's not surprising that they occasionally kill people.