Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:9047 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:9523 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!teemc!sycom!rkushner From: rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: TURN COMPUTER OFF OR LEAVE ON? Message-ID: Date: 25 May 91 21:34:24 GMT References: <1991May24.033650.15836@cbnewsc.att.com> <20114@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> <1991May25.151636.679@monu0.cc.monash.edu.au> Organization: Life In Hell BBS, Sterling Heights, MI Lines: 52 In article <1991May25.151636.679@monu0.cc.monash.edu.au> ins845b@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr k.l. lentin) writes: >In article <20114@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond) writes: >>quimby@madoka.its.rpi.edu (Quimby Pipple) writes: > >>On April 14th in the early morning while I was asleep, a monitor in my >>office below decided to practice self-emolation. The resultant fire >>destroyed my office and my house. Thanks to a smoke alarm, I barely >>got out in time. >> >A few people have made this comment about omnitors, maybe turning the monitor >off may save your house next time, but the PC is less likely to self combust >so leaving it on isn't as much a problem. > Dunno if you didn't get a manual with your monitor, or you just didn't read it, but when I bought my Amiga Monitor Model 1080 in 1985, it had a very large warning in the manual that reads: If it is necessary to leave the room for more than a short period of time, ALWAYS turn the monitor OFF. Always turn the monitor OFF when you leave the house. ANY malfunction in the monitor can result in a fire hazard. It also says: For added protection, unplug the monitor from the power source during an electrical storm or when the monitor is to be left unattended for a long time. This prevents shocks and fire hazards due to lightning or power-line surges. Ah, screen blanking programs should also have simular warnings in their documents ;-) You gotta be careful, and not ignore the warnings of others, because if you believe that it will never happen to you, guess what WILL happen. Another point, power supplies gather ALOT of dust and other "things" like lint in them. If you don't clean them out, I would imagine they too can become a fire hazard, depending on the enviroment that the computer is in. Humm, but a computer is generally in a steel case, but you never know...If you have a large cap in there filled with oil and it explodes, well, I dunno if computer power supplies have this problem, but air conditioner condensing units do...Replaced many that have had a capacitor blow and burned up all the wiring...We always have a few of those after thunderstorms...ALWAYS a total loss... -- Ronald Kushner P.O. Box 353 Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0353 UUCP: uunet!umich!vela!sycom!rkushner