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Power bank blowing fuses?

Hi all


I have a question I hope some of you might know the answer to.


We've recently moved over from a builders electricity supply to a domestic supply on our new build house in France. The electrics have all been checked out and signed off by the Consuel.


I have a two port USB powerbank manufactured by a well known battery manufacturer (?) and I was trying to charge it up while I was there using a native two pin USB charger plug. It basically fried the charger plug but didn't trip the fuse on the main board... 


I then plugged it in to a four socket extension lead (two pin plug to three pin sockets) using a three pin charger plug I have. It blew the extension lead but again didn't trip the fuse on the main board. 


At first I thought it must be a fault with the powerbank but  when I got back to the UK, I plugged it into my usual charger and it charged up as normal... ??


What do you think the problem could be? 

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  • The description of your powerbank stated it offers 2x faster charge of the power bank and the smartphone thanks to 2.4 Amps input and output (based on USB 1.0/2.0 battery charging speeds).


    In Venice I could not charge my IPad from the wall socket,  I had to charge my powerbank then charge the IPad from that.


    Andy B.
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  • The description of your powerbank stated it offers 2x faster charge of the power bank and the smartphone thanks to 2.4 Amps input and output (based on USB 1.0/2.0 battery charging speeds).


    In Venice I could not charge my IPad from the wall socket,  I had to charge my powerbank then charge the IPad from that.


    Andy B.
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