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ekcopyephilips · 3rd Jul 2020, 4:54 pm

Hi All

Was this the one that was quite dangerous and would set itself on fire? I remember reading in TELEVISION that if left on standby they would dry out a cap, all was well as the cap wasnt needed in operation from standby, but if a powercut happened and was then restored the dried out cap then caused a series of events that could and did cause some to catch fire, i think the story even said about one person loosing their life when one in a bedroom went up in the middle of the night after a power cut.

Cheers

Mike

3rd Jul 2020, 4:54 pm	#20
ekcopyephilips Hexode Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 440	Re: Matsui saved... Hi All Was this the one that was quite dangerous and would set itself on fire? I remember reading in TELEVISION that if left on standby they would dry out a cap, all was well as the cap wasnt needed in operation from standby, but if a powercut happened and was then restored the dried out cap then caused a series of events that could and did cause some to catch fire, i think the story even said about one person loosing their life when one in a bedroom went up in the middle of the night after a power cut. Cheers Mike