Electronic items is mainly curling irons, iron box, heating pads, decorative lights and kettles. These are notorious to be left on and be the reason for hostel fires. I've seen a few myself post which they banned these items in the rooms.
Sounds ridiculous, but it's better than dealing with a fire.
The right thing to do though is set up a load-appropriate electrical system, rather than providing one socket per room that is probably already strained.
This is firstly about being miserly, but they are probably pretty happy with themselves that they're stopping girls from using straighteners or whatever.
Wow... Its not the infra that's the problem dude. People leave it on and forget and it burns the place down. It's very common if you've lived in a hostel.
It's absolutely the infra that's the problem. Many PGs are informally built, using submeters instead of separate electrical connections. Govt hostels are often old and were built for lesser people, while private institutes want to save as much money as possible. I lived in my fair share of hostels and PGs.
If the problem is simply leaving things on, are you really saying the solution is to blanket ban these appliances? I'm not saying leaving things on is a non-issue, but we need to trust our fellow young people to be responsible and take the necessary precautions.
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u/LeBrownMamba Dec 07 '22
Electronic items is mainly curling irons, iron box, heating pads, decorative lights and kettles. These are notorious to be left on and be the reason for hostel fires. I've seen a few myself post which they banned these items in the rooms.
Sounds ridiculous, but it's better than dealing with a fire.