"Trevor Wilson" wrote in message
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"Signal" wrote in message
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"Robert Morein" emitted :

Not at all. If people were killed in this way, I'm sure some audiophiles,
somewhere, would know about it.

Never heard of an amplifier bursting into flames whilst idling until I
met someone who had that happen to them. The owner had smoke alarms
fitted as a precaution, which was fortunate as it happened during the
night whilst the family were asleep. It was an Arcam btw. ;-)

**Kinda reminds me of the time I had a main street hi fi store. One of my
mates called in to buy a stereo system, but I was out on a call. He was so
****ed off he went into the city and purchased a cheap Sansui stereo (it
was around 1984). When he caught up with me, I explained that I didn't
sell the cheap Sansui stuff (though I sold the more expensive stuff),
because it used pressed board base plates and plastic side cheeks. It
represented a potential fire hazard, IMO. I must say that I had never
heard of one causing a fire, but I did not feel comfortable selling such
crap.

Anyway, I ran into him at a dinner party a couple of years later and asked
how his new house was (since his old one had burned down).

"I finally got the report from the fire investigators." He said.

The Sansui caught fire, which in turn, set fire to his drapes and burned
his house to the ground.

He bought his new stereo from me.

Colour me conservative, when it comes to electrical equipment. Give me
decent earthing and a solid metal chassis.

Earthing has nothing to do with fire hazard mitigation. Metal does.