From: trepidation@example.net   
      
   On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:12:04 +0100, immibis wrote:   
   > On 12/19/23 15:57, ohg...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 7:54:43 PM UTC-5, vjp...@   
   t.biostrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
   >>> I remember ca 1971 (I was ten) Readers Digest mentioned fires from   
   answering   
   >>> machine adaptors. So I have always been wary about leaving an adaptor   
   >>> plugged in for long. I generally didn't leave my fax or answering machine   
   >>> plugged in for long and generally abhored leaving computers on for days.   
   (ca   
   >>> 1986 my workplace had a semicomical incident where they ran a simulation   
   all   
   >>> night and the janitor kept shutting it off). Now I hear radio ads from the   
   >>> patent office about "fakes" causing fires, and I wonder who is right? Where   
   >>> do you draw the line? Would you trust Chinese made ryobi battery+charger   
   (40V   
   >>> Lithium) clones from China? Would you trust a microwave or space heater   
   from   
   >>> CHina or Vietnam? WHat about a simple light socket (that costs $1.50)? What   
   >>> rules of thumb do you folks use in evaluating such?   
   >>>   
   >>> --   
   >>> Vasos Panagiotopoulos panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm   
   >>> ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Smoke alarms, escape plans, insurance...   
   >>   
   >   
   > Seconded. I leave things on all the time, especially adapters. Almost   
   > everyone does. If I bought it from a store with a real reputation, I   
   > assume it to be safe. If I bought it online from a no-name seller or   
   > built it, I assume it to be unsafe until proven otherwise.   
   >   
   > It sounds like there was a spate of faulty adapters in *1971*. Avoiding   
   > all adapters is like avoiding all phones because of Galaxy Note 7s had a   
   > manufacturing defect that made them caught fire. Actually, since it was   
   > 1971,   
      
   1977 -- Mr. Coffee  --  another appliace that's usually left plugged in 24/7.   
    https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1977/recall-of-mr-coffee-announced   
      
   Who you gonna trust?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)