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Posted by Kewless on May 7, 2007, 6:05 pm
Who knows? By posting this, it might be that I get to save a life or
two somewhere down the road...
Awhile back, I bought one of those *trendy* steel-wire bookcases
for my bedroom office. On one shelf, I set up my monitor so that I
could use it from bed (bad back). While on the bottom shelf, I put
the computer itself, along with the surge-protector...
I felt reasonably assured that I had enough insulation -- as
both computer and monitor have fairly *beefy* plastic bases. As
it turns out though, I should have been a little more concerned!
Yesterday, just as I was leaving to go to a job, my SO called me
back and asked if I knew anything about a strange odor coming
from the back bedroom. The odor, as I soon found out, was smoke.
Apparently,the surge-protector shorted against the wire shelving --
and in doing so sparked off a small electrical fire!
The wife and I are feeling pretty darned fortunate today -- all
we've lost is a printer cable and a surge-protector. And yet, I
feel slightly embarrassed (and a little guilty) whenever I look
over at this big black spot that we now have on the carpet. I
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER!
Still, I suppose if pride is all I'm down, then I should consider
myself blessed -- as it’s a small price to pay for such an invaluable
lesson. The moral being that perhaps having my electronics
sitting directly on a metal shelf is not such a good idea. ; - ))
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Posted by Chris Friesen on May 7, 2007, 6:19 pm
Kewless wrote:
> Yesterday, just as I was leaving to go to a job, my SO called me
> back and asked if I knew anything about a strange odor coming
> from the back bedroom. The odor, as I soon found out, was smoke.
> Apparently,the surge-protector shorted against the wire shelving --
> and in doing so sparked off a small electrical fire!
That has nothing whatsoever to do with your behaviour, and everything to
do with faulty gear. Anything that could short against the wire shelf
could also short against your skin.
I wouldn't worry about metal shelving any more because of this...get a
new surge protector from a different company. (In any case, whole-house
surge protectors are much more effective than the power-bar type, as
they are much closer to the primary electrical ground.)
Chris
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Posted by Toller on May 7, 2007, 6:38 pm
> Kewless wrote:
>
>> Yesterday, just as I was leaving to go to a job, my SO called me
>> back and asked if I knew anything about a strange odor coming
>> from the back bedroom. The odor, as I soon found out, was smoke.
>> Apparently,the surge-protector shorted against the wire shelving --
>> and in doing so sparked off a small electrical fire!
>
> That has nothing whatsoever to do with your behaviour, and everything to
> do with faulty gear.
This is a joke of some sort. I don't get it, but it is too silly to be
true.
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 7, 2007, 7:00 pm
>
>
> > Kewless wrote:
>
> >> Yesterday, just as I was leaving to go to a job, my SO called me
> >> back and asked if I knew anything about a strange odor coming
> >> from the back bedroom. =A0The odor, as I soon found out, was smoke.
> >> Apparently,the surge-protector shorted against the wire shelving --
> >> =A0and in doing so sparked off a small electrical fire!
>
> > That has nothing whatsoever to do with your behaviour, and everything to
> > do with faulty gear.
>
> This is a joke of some sort. =A0I don't get it, but it is too silly to be
> true.
all sorts of wierd things can and do happen, having seen some
myself...
not a troll, just a near disaster
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Posted by Kewless on May 9, 2007, 9:34 am
On 7-May-2007, hallerb@aol.com wrote:
> > "Chris Friesen" wrote:
> > > Kewless wrote:
> >
> > >> Yesterday, just as I was leaving to go to a job, my SO called me
> > >> back and asked if I knew anything about a strange odor coming
> > >> from the back bedroom. The odor, as I soon found out, was smoke.
> > >> Apparently,the surge-protector shorted against the wire shelving --
> > >> and in doing so sparked off a small electrical fire!
> >
> > > That has nothing whatsoever to do with your behaviour, and everything to
> > > do with faulty gear.
> >
> > This is a joke of some sort. I don't get it, but it is too silly to be
> > true.
>
> all sorts of wierd things can and do happen, having seen some
> myself...
>
> not a troll, just a near disaster
Yes, thank you.
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