Fire Safety:   Answer to What's Wrong in this Picture #9?


This cord was found attached to a microwave oven in a campus building. Can you identify the unsafe condition(s)?

Answer:

The originial microwave cord was replaced with this cord which has an "on/off" switch to control the microwave. Bare wires on the cord were covered with electrical tape.

Damaged electrical cord

Updated April 16, 2007 by SAK