Kidorry Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The power supply on my refrigerator is in a sealed in double insulated unit and burned out last August. When I replaced it there were small scorch marks against the housing but nothing serious. I had a PC base unit in my living room TV cabinet with plenty of ventilation around it and about 12cm between the back of the casing and the back of the TV unit. Power supply went pop and the resulting sparks that jumped out set fire to either the TV unit or a an envelope on the shelf underneath. I heard it pop and saw the flash. By the time I'd turned off the mains adapter and grabbed a torch to check down the black there was a nice pool of melting plastic, cable PVC and 3 inch flames. I'm sure these forums are just heading the way of people feeling the need to out-do each other or rubbish other peoples comments without having any real basis to what they are saying. I seem to be spending more time defending advice I've freely given than actually giving the advice too.... surely my own fault but I'll stop doing now. Thank you for that input and I will do the same as you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) The power supply on my refrigerator is in a sealed in double insulated unit and burned out last August. When I replaced it there were small scorch marks against the housing but nothing serious. I had a PC base unit in my living room TV cabinet with plenty of ventilation around it and about 12cm between the back of the casing and the back of the TV unit. Power supply went pop and the resulting sparks that jumped out set fire to either the TV unit or a an envelope on the shelf underneath. I heard it pop and saw the flash. By the time I'd turned off the mains adapter and grabbed a torch to check down the black there was a nice pool of melting plastic, cable PVC and 3 inch flames. I'm sure these forums are just heading the way of people feeling the need to out-do each other or rubbish other peoples comments without having any real basis to what they are saying. I seem to be spending more time defending advice I've freely given than actually giving the advice too.... surely my own fault but I'll stop doing now. You must be a really unlucky person..I've had fridge freezers for over35 years and pc's for about 20 never had either of them start any fires. I've also worked in IT for the best part of 40 years and although I've seen my fair share of psu's go "pop" I've never known one to start a fire as you described.. and that includes really big 3 ph ones... Edited March 25, 2015 by truman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I leave my router and repeaters on, and my NAS, and the Virgin V+ box. I shall let the forum know should my house ever burn down due to any of these items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allysum Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Post removed Edited March 25, 2015 by allysum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Of course I've only been in the IT industry for 20 years and so probably know next to nothing. However I've never seen an iPhone explode in someones pocket either so maybe I should dump my IT career, get a law degree and become a lawyer for Apple instead to prove that never happens as well. Maybe you should chill out a bit and stop taking everything as a criticism...where did I say it never happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allysum Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Post removed Edited March 25, 2015 by allysum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lentenrose61 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Hi All Thank you for your feedback. It is not the charge of leaving the router on it is the fire risk. I have been leaving it on now 24/7. If I am a way from home for a very long lengthy time ie holidays I will turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 What a daft statement.I turn my PC off purely for safety and have done for years. While I can understand why you really have no need to. The chances of it actually catching fire are really rather small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Router stays on. PVR stays on standby. Server stays on. From the comments here you'd think I'd have had several house fires over there years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbrit Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I would think that the speed issues you "could" encounter would only apply if you were switching the router off at multiple times a day. DLM is smarter than you give it credit for. I would still leave my router on mind, as I use it for managing a bunch of VMs in my property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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