Toddler just put iPhone in mouth

[Ida37]

My son just put my plugged in and switched on iPhone charger in his mouth. Should I be worried? There seems to be no ill effect at the moment…

I had this model too. And the following one was exactly the same.
Maybe I'll switch to android and see if that's any more responsive

Oops quote fail for @Bananarama101

@Ozanj would you mind letting me know what 111 said? My baby has just done this and has sucked some of the gold bits off. Is this toxic? Thanks x

Your charger is probably fucked. DS3 has ruined so many lightning connectors by sucking them. It seems it’s very easy to erode the connections.

Your electricity bills will improve if you unplug the charger when it’s not in use.

This will have happened to thousands of toddlers inc our granddaughter…really not an issue but a lesson learnt! As toddler is ok am not sure what you are worrying about!

DS3 has ruined so many lightning connectors by sucking them. It seems it’s very easy to erode the connections.

Haha my first response to this was the same thing! DD did the same and I freaked out because it broke the adapter. It happened during the first lockdown when all shops were closed and it was the only charger that worked for my laptop which I needed for work. I didn't actually spend a second thinking whether she was ok (which she was obviously)

Well it would have been obvious if she wasn’t ok.

I would imagine that the safety problem of small children sucking on these things that are going to be found plugged in at floor level in many houses was considered in designing the bloody things.

As a result the toddler is much more dangerous to the cable than anything else.

Given current energy prices, the savings from not leaving chargers plugged in seem a big consideration too. I’ve spend the last few weeks repeatedly telling my near teenager off for leaving things plugged in or on standby.

What else do you think is definitely not a thing?

www.electrocuted.com/2020/04/22/delayed-electric-shock-symptoms/#:~:text=Symptoms%20include%20burns%2C%20loss%20of,term%20effects%20on%20victims'%20health.

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You were told ‘delayed onset electrocution’ could happen?

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I don’t think you’ve read or understood that properly. Firstly, it’s written by whatever ‘electrocution lawyers’ are (has to be American) and secondly, it alludes to injury that takes a while to manifest following a serious electric shock that has already required emergency treatment. As in, your classic fuck-off Big Bang electric shock.

it doesn’t mean that a toddler who sucked on a iPhone, which happened to be plugged into a charging cable, had an electric current coursing through their fibres, which latterly causes dangerous burns. That cannot happen. That is bonkers.

Crikey.

Is this classed as a zombie?

Phone chargers guzzling energy when plugged in and not in use is a myth - they use fractions of a watt (you can measure this easily enough if you want to prove it for yourself) which equates to pence over a year

Even at 0.5w (EU limit - and higher than any I have ever seen in real life) equates to 88p if left on for an entire year at 20p/kWh

There was a load of stuff in the press recently about phantom devices but in terms of chargers it just isn't true

Are you expecting delayed onset electrocution?

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I once read a terrible article about a child eating a phone charger. Yes it's absolutely is dangerous and yes it can cause electrocution! However, he's fine, just let it be a lesson learnt and never leave a charger unattended

www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/family/honest-mum-shares-photos-toddlers-11313161

Im sorry but I can’t stop laughing 🤣🤣

Still. Got to watch those pennies. 88p a year might add up. 🤣

You should be worried that you're asking such a daft question....

Does that mean he can act as a tethering point now?