I'm a watercolour artist. I had a portable hairdryer, used for drying paper between 'washes'. It was switched off, on the floor next to me, when it 'combusted'. Had I not been there to pull out the plug and douse the flames, I hate to think what could have happened to my apartment and possibly me too! I sent the remains to the store where I bought it, asking them to test for defect. They then refuted liability on the grounds that the appliance had been used in a manner not intended, and furthermore, it could not have been switched off. They clearly thought I was after a free replacement!! Not the case at all; I just wanted to draw the matter to their attention in case there was an inherent defect that could occur again, putting others at risk. My only reason for posting this is because I'm now irritated as hell with the store's stance, and want to know if any of you out there have ever experienced anything similar with a hairdryer or can offer an explanation why it happened?
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