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What's the most dangerous failure's these days ?
lordvader88:
In terms of components failing and burning, even lighting fires, how often is it anymore , assuming the device is new and not full of dust, or made of something super flammable in the early days. For instance a lot of safety work has gone into computer PSU's so that they rarely catch fire anymore.
Over the years, what parts failing do you think lit the most fires ? Caps, transformers, resistors ? ?
Nusa:
I don't know at the component level. Modern PC boards should be flame-retardant. They can burn, but should be self-extinguishing once the external heat sources consume themselves.
However, when it comes to applying the word "dangerous", that really comes down to engineering, fuses and enclosures more than individual components. Power supplies in metal enclosures are probably not going to destroy much more than themselves. Plastic wall-warts on the other hand...
Brumby:
I was thinking along the lines of the EE equivalent of PEBKAC.
tggzzz:
Speaking from a personal perspective, greengrocer's apostrophies such as "most dangerous failure's" or "consumer PSU's" are very dangerous. They raise my blood pressure so much I am likely to have an anueryism.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greengrocer%27s_apostrophe
garethw:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on July 26, 2019, 12:01:36 am ---Speaking from a personal perspective, greengrocer's apostrophies such as "most dangerous failure's" or "consumer PSU's" are very dangerous. They raise my blood pressure so much I am likely to have an anueryism.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greengrocer%27s_apostrophe
--- End quote ---
I get a similar feeling to licking a 9v when I see feral apostrophes. [emoji38]
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