Risky to charge the cell phone at night - Västerbotten Courier

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Consumer Recently totally destroyed an apartment in a fire caused by an iPod that was on charge.

Facts / How people responded

Does it happen that you charge your mobile / e-reader at night

Yes, always – 47%
Yes, sometimes – 41%
No, never – 12%

Source: YouGov

A new survey shows that nearly nine out of ten Swedes charge your mobile while sleeping. It carries a risk because the battery could overheat and catch fire. If now calls for increased caution when charging they write in a press release.

A survey by insurance company If shows that nearly nine out of ten, 88 percent, say that it happens that they are charging their mobiles and tablets when they sleep. If the device would then begin to burn, there is a highly dangerous situation.

– We have received indications earlier that it may be overheating the batteries. But now, for the first time in Sweden, a case with a unit that caught fire and destroyed an entire apartment. Luckily no one got hurt, but the incident is so serious that we are calling for greater caution when charging, says Caroline Uliana, CIO at If, in a press release.

There are batteries in the mobile device may overheat and in extreme cases catch fire. Lies on a bed, chair or other material that can easily ignite is a danger that the fire spread.

survey was conducted by YouGov of 3,768 people in the September / October 2013. The result you can see in the box.

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