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Old 21st Sep 2017, 20:46
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Originally Posted by Chu Chu
The undetected fire sounded pretty scary to me, but then I'm just SLF (and it did go out once the arcing stopped . . . )
If there was real fire, it seemed restricted to the insides of the cabinet... Yes, the electr(on)ics failed, overheated and likely arced; but to equate arcing with fire is in my opinion not correct. (Arcing creates particles that can look like soot when they settle.)
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