Burn on my arm from lightening cable

John Galt wrote:

If the contacts (conductors?) were exposed the cable is damaged and should be replaced.

Don't use any damaged electrical cable. The insulation is there to protect you from what's inside.

It's a lightning cable. The contacts are exposed.

Hi rmjb

i had exactly same experience last sunday. When i took short nap, within 20 min, i felt something stung on my thigh. When i woke up, i found 2 black spots, looks like bidentate insect bite. After check my bed, i found lightning cable was there and realized i got burn.

Today i visited dermatology and he diagnosed i got burn of second degree, and the wound is festered.

I think lightning cable has serious problem and dangerous especially for kids and baby. It shall be explained by apple.

Evan

Hi rmjb

now i am talking with Apple Kor people to let Apple US awares this problem. i sent a mail 13 Apr with doctor's diagnosis report and send a letter again with your thread to let them know about your case today.

in my case, it left scar seems like something bite me. let's see how they resolve this problem. i believe it shall be announced officially if the cable has design defect or any potential hazard.

Evan

Hi Evan,

Was anything done about this?

I have just searched and found this post after experiencing exactly the same thing two days ago.

When I was about to wash my face Sunday morning I saw a black mark on my cheek which looked like soot. When I cleaned the area I found a wound and what looked like what I can only describe as a blackhead just above the wound.

I had no idea how I came about this very odd damage to my cheek until later that day when I went to connect the lightning cable to my ipad to charge it and saw the same black soot on a couple of the exposed contacts.

I use my ipad Air as my alarm clock and fell asleep unknowingly with the lightning cable next to my face as the ipad had fallen off my bedside cabinet disconnecting the live cable and leaving it on my pillow.

It seems to be healing ok although has caused some embarrassment at my work place 😊

Hi,

I have had the same thing happen today, I went to sleep with my phone on the bed and the cable came out, when I woke up I had two burn marks on my arm, one is dark green and the other looks like the skin had melted, now the cable has shorted and wont charge my phone.

Thank you for posting, I was wondering how this had happened!

no it's not the cable should only send 5volts which is not enough to warm anything

if the ac charger is leaving 230 or 110volts into the cable itself it's a very very very dangerous Fire Hazard and you should count yourself lucky your phone was not destroyed

Oh, I understood the cable to be plugged in at both ends. Yes, resting on the exposed contacts of any electrical cable is ill-advised. Some people are more conductive than others.

This happened to me too. It happened in February and the scab has just gone away now. It's a horrible scar. Sorry about the huge pic. It's the large circle scar, not the line to the left.

Is it known that people sometimes lay on the cord? Anything is possible I suppose.

If the contacts (conductors?) were exposed the cable is damaged and should be replaced.

Don't use any damaged electrical cable. The insulation is there to protect you from what's inside.

Why are you sleeping on electrical devices?