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Title : Report warns 'potentially lethal' knock-off phone chargers sold on Amazon Haul, B&Q and eBay can electrocute and even explode
By Craig Hale , June 2026
British consumer watchdog Which? has revealed many of the third-party phone chargers available to consumers could present “potentially lethal” risks ...
Nine of the 15 chargers tested by Which? posed serious electric shock risks, while eight also presented potential fire or explosion hazards, but more worryingly, many were available from popular and trustworthy high-street and online retailers like Amazon, B&Q and Debenhams...
The most prevalent concern, then, was that the defective products could cause electrical arcing, where electricity jumps between components, leading to electric component failures in the best-off cases, but electric shocks, overheating, fire and explosions in the most severe cases ...
Title : Report warns 'potentially lethal' knock-off phone chargers sold on Amazon Haul, B&Q and eBay can electrocute and even explode
By Craig Hale , June 2026
British consumer watchdog Which? has revealed many of the third-party phone chargers available to consumers could present “potentially lethal” risks ...
Nine of the 15 chargers tested by Which? posed serious electric shock risks, while eight also presented potential fire or explosion hazards, but more worryingly, many were available from popular and trustworthy high-street and online retailers like Amazon, B&Q and Debenhams...
The most prevalent concern, then, was that the defective products could cause electrical arcing, where electricity jumps between components, leading to electric component failures in the best-off cases, but electric shocks, overheating, fire and explosions in the most severe cases ...
