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2009-02-13 15:54:21
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6461|Winland

steelie34 wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CrazeD wrote:


Except for the toxic fumes they produce, sure.
Aside from Lithium batteries, there just isn't enough material to cause any dangerous levels of fumes in electronics. Most stuff is really small. A capacitor the size of your fingernail isn't gonna kill you if it so vaporized completely.
what if u eat it?
You die a horrible death.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
2009-02-13 15:56:36
steelie34
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Freezer7Pro wrote:

steelie34 wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:


Aside from Lithium batteries, there just isn't enough material to cause any dangerous levels of fumes in electronics. Most stuff is really small. A capacitor the size of your fingernail isn't gonna kill you if it so vaporized completely.
what if u eat it?
You die a horrible death.
does the acid burn through you and then the floor liek in aliens and stuff?
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2009-02-13 15:56:56
CrazeD
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Freezer7Pro wrote:

CrazeD wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:


99% of failing electronics are 100% safe.
Except for the toxic fumes they produce, sure.
Aside from Lithium batteries, there just isn't enough material to cause any dangerous levels of fumes in electronics. Most stuff is really small. A capacitor the size of your fingernail isn't gonna kill you if it so vaporized completely.
Well you said electronics, you didn't specify. If your PSU fries and lights on fire or starts smoking, that shit is very toxic.

But a router? No, not really a hazard. I don't think you could start a fire with the 5-12DCV they run off if you tried.
2009-02-13 16:02:59
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
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CrazeD wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CrazeD wrote:


Except for the toxic fumes they produce, sure.
Aside from Lithium batteries, there just isn't enough material to cause any dangerous levels of fumes in electronics. Most stuff is really small. A capacitor the size of your fingernail isn't gonna kill you if it so vaporized completely.
Well you said electronics, you didn't specify. If your PSU fries and lights on fire or starts smoking, that shit is very toxic.

But a router? No, not really a hazard. I don't think you could start a fire with the 5-12DCV they run off if you tried.
there are two big capacitors in a PSU. If they vent, they let out a small puff of smoke, not much more. No matter what, that crap mainly smells bad, it isn't all that toxic.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
2009-02-13 16:03:11
max
Vela Incident
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steelie34 wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

steelie34 wrote:


what if u eat it?
You die a horrible death.
does the acid burn through you and then the floor liek in aliens and stuff?
exactly
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2009-02-14 01:16:17
baggs
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steelie34 wrote:

does the acid burn through you and then the floor liek in aliens and stuff?
Of course it does, like all acid does, silly.
2009-02-14 01:20:08
TheDonkey
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+163|5981|Vancouver, BC, Canada

CrazeD wrote:

But a router? No, not really a hazard. I don't think you could start a fire with the 5-12DCV they run off if you tried.
Yeah, to be honest, I'd be more worried about the walwart that's plugged into your wall.
2009-02-14 05:35:19
steelie34
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+603|6645|the land of bourbon

max wrote:

steelie34 wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:


You die a horrible death.
does the acid burn through you and then the floor liek in aliens and stuff?
exactly
omg.  so the worst thing that could happen from your router is aliens could come into your room and kill you with their acid spit.  thats just great.
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2009-02-14 05:37:31
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6461|Winland

steelie34 wrote:

max wrote:

steelie34 wrote:


does the acid burn through you and then the floor liek in aliens and stuff?
exactly
omg.  so the worst thing that could happen from your router is aliens could come into your room and kill you with their acid spit.  thats just great.
Nah, that's what firewalls are preventing.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
2009-02-14 05:41:18
Finray
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Freezer7Pro wrote:

steelie34 wrote:

max wrote:


exactly
omg.  so the worst thing that could happen from your router is aliens could come into your room and kill you with their acid spit.  thats just great.
Nah, that's what firewalls are preventing.
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2009-02-14 08:04:13
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6764|so randum

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CrazeD wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:


Aside from Lithium batteries, there just isn't enough material to cause any dangerous levels of fumes in electronics. Most stuff is really small. A capacitor the size of your fingernail isn't gonna kill you if it so vaporized completely.
Well you said electronics, you didn't specify. If your PSU fries and lights on fire or starts smoking, that shit is very toxic.

But a router? No, not really a hazard. I don't think you could start a fire with the 5-12DCV they run off if you tried.
there are two big capacitors in a PSU. If they vent, they let out a small puff of smoke, not much more. No matter what, that crap mainly smells bad, it isn't all that toxic.
Umm i fried a dell PSU in my room once, filled the room with white smoke. Little bit more than a small puff of smoke.
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2009-02-14 12:09:29
CrazeD
Member
+368|6937|Maine

Freezer7Pro wrote:

CrazeD wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:


Aside from Lithium batteries, there just isn't enough material to cause any dangerous levels of fumes in electronics. Most stuff is really small. A capacitor the size of your fingernail isn't gonna kill you if it so vaporized completely.
Well you said electronics, you didn't specify. If your PSU fries and lights on fire or starts smoking, that shit is very toxic.

But a router? No, not really a hazard. I don't think you could start a fire with the 5-12DCV they run off if you tried.
there are two big capacitors in a PSU. If they vent, they let out a small puff of smoke, not much more. No matter what, that crap mainly smells bad, it isn't all that toxic.
No dude, I'm talking about fire. Electrical fires are very toxic. And don't tell me a PSU can't catch fire, they certainly can. In fact, my buddies shitty Compaq PSU once lit on fire.
2009-02-14 12:49:27
Scorpion0x17
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+691|7030|Cambridge (UK)
*sigh*

ALL electrical equipment comes with a risk of fire.

It may be a very very unlikely risk, but it's there none the less.

Most electrical fires aren't sudden spark-ignitions - they slow burn - a small fault will lead to arcing, arcing leads to heat, said heat slowly builds, usually in plastic-coating wiring, to the point where the plastic reaches flash point - then you get a small, localised flame, that has access to all the fuel it wants (the plastic)...
2009-02-14 13:05:18
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6461|Winland

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

*sigh*

ALL electrical equipment comes with a risk of fire.

It may be a very very unlikely risk, but it's there none the less.

Most electrical fires aren't sudden spark-ignitions - they slow burn - a small fault will lead to arcing, arcing leads to heat, said heat slowly builds, usually in plastic-coating wiring, to the point where the plastic reaches flash point - then you get a small, localised flame, that has access to all the fuel it wants (the plastic)...
Everything comes with a risk.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
2009-02-14 13:06:03
GC_PaNzerFIN
Work and study @ Technical Uni
+528|6678|Finland

Its probably more likely you die in car accident than your router burns down your house so.... No worries!

edit: I have personally had 3 PSUs blow up and one CRT smoke the crap out of me... no flames tho.

edit2: oh and one mobo fried, one gfx card died after something short-circuited in it and so...

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-02-14 13:09:56)

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