On 5 Jul 2007, at 16:14, Tony Firshman wrote: >> >> >>> When did your computer last catch fire? >> >> It's not so much the computer - they are, I'm told, meant to be >> left on anyway. It's the routers and so on - they run a little hot >> for my liking. I've got three now - a Linksys, a D-Link and now a >> new Belkin - all three get hot. > OK - when did *any* electrical equipment in the house catch fire, > including toasters.
I have an espresso machine whose plug fused with the adaptor into which it was plugged. The smell of burning plastic while the coffee was being made alerted me to the trouble. It seems to me therefore that switching off at the wall will sometimes prevent conflagration - though it does stop computers running. That is the downside. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
