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Girl Dies Due To Electrocution By Broken Phone Charging Cable

7 Feb, 2018
Girl Dies Due To Electrocution By Broken Phone Charging Cable

Here's what you need to know if your child uses a mobile phone on their own.

How many of you sleep with your phone plugged in to its charger? What about your kids, if they are old enough to have phones? One very sad story about phone charger dangers has opened our eyes to the huge risk of doing this.

14-year-old Vietnamese teen Le Thi Xoan went to bed as she normally did, and out of habit, plugged her phone in to charge overnight. Little did she, or her heartbroken mother know she would never wake up again.

Young girl dies of electrocution by a broken charging cable when sleeping

According to reports, it is believed that this Hanoi-based school girl was probably charging her iPhone 6. She had placed it next to her on the bed where she was lying and probably came in contact with the broken charging cable.

Her parents found her in an unconscious state and took her to the hospital where she breathed her last.

According to the doctors, electrocution was the cause of death.

Here’s how she possibly got electrocuted

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Le Thi Xoan, victim of phone charger dangers. Image: FACEBOOK

Hanoi police had found the burnt cable on her bed with the torn rubber casing that exposed the live wires, and a tape that was wrapped around the damaged portion.

The cable was perhaps not an original Apple cable, as the police noted that it appeared to be shorter than the original 0.5m-long charging device.

Our hearts go out to the devastated family of this young girl.

Phone Charger Dangers: Things You Need To Know

Your kids are exposed to all sorts of technological devices, so much more than you were in your childhood. Along with the benefits of technology, it is equally important that you and your children are aware of its risks.

This includes those related to an item most, if not all of use have: our mobile phones. In this particular case, we’re like to open your eyes to common phone charger dangers all of us make. 

Here are a few important things to keep in mind

1. Avoid buying cheaper, duplicate options

Fire and safety experts say that cheap and generic options that are available online pose a huge risk to your safety. They may be cheaper in price, but they may cost you a lot as there’s no guarantee that such products meet the safety standards.

Recently, Charity Electrical Safety First based in UK conducted tests and found out that half of these chargers used sub-standard components. Moreover none of these met with the safety requirements as given by the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations Act 1994.

So, it’s crucial for your and your child’s safety that you go for original products rather than buying cheaper ones that don’t take your safety into account.

2. Avoid using broken chargers

Parents, one thing that you must make sure of is that there are no broken wires or chargers being used. In the case of Le Thi Xoan, this is what caused her untimely death. 

So, remember to replace any broken wires. Taping the broken part is never be an option. You never know when the tape will come off exposing the live wires and posing a risk of short circuit or electrocution.

3. Avoid overheating your phone battery

The problem of batteries getting overheated is more likely in the case of generic chargers. 

Once again, experts emphasize on choosing original products over the generic ones. Apart from that, constant usage and continuous charging of the mobile can also overheat the batteries. Remember that you need to allow your phones to cool down a bit.

4. Avoid overnight charging

Charging your devices through the night and leaving them unattended when charging should be avoided. It is equally important to keep your charging devices in a safe place. For example, charging the phones on a flammable surface or keeping inflammable products close by should be avoided.

Parents, while this story is terribly sad, we hope it has brought you an important lesson in safety – for you and your kids. Stay safe!

Sources: BBC News, Straits Times, The Star

Image Source: Straits Times

Republished with permission from: theAsianParent Singapore

 

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