Well, I've never seen this happen before....

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Published: Jan 13, 2018
Author: me
Post Date: 2018-01-13 12:19:33 by no gnu taxes
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We bought a large screen TV a few months ago. Last night, smoke came pouring out from it. I mean billowing clouds of smoke. We quickly unplugged and disconnected it. I never saw that even from those old tube TVs.

Needless to say, we will be returning it.

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#1: Tooconservative    To: no gnu taxes (#0)

55" Samsung burns

75" Samsung burns

LG TV pours white smoke and fails. This guy had it happen once, ordered some new capacitors and replaced them, then videoed it when he plugged it back in. The magic smoke escaped in less than a minute.

Tooconservative posted on 2018-01-13 12:54:10   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Fred Mertz    To: no gnu taxes (#0)

On occasion I leave my flat screen TV on when I leave the house for short periods of time.

I guess I'll no longer do that.

Fred Mertz posted on 2018-01-13 13:03:57   Reply   Private Reply


#3: Hondo68    To: no gnu taxes, Smoke Signals (#0)

smoke came pouring out

That's Fox & Friends way of saying farewell, you won't be seeing them again.

Hondo68 posted on 2018-01-13 13:12:51   Reply   Private Reply


#4: Tooconservative    To: Fred Mertz (#2)

It makes you marginally safer but most appliances are now always-on.

Unplug everything if you want to be safe. And be sure your wiring is good.

Or you could just buy a bit of insurance to cover any losses. It's pretty cheap.

Tooconservative posted on 2018-01-13 13:14:13   Reply   Private Reply


#5: Pinguinite    To: no gnu taxes (#0)

I heard of a similar incident with a "Prima" brand, which probably isn't in the states. From what I read, it was due to the AC polarity being wrong. (Neutral & hot wires on the AC plug reversed).

Many appliances don't care, and many that do care still seem to work fine. Some work fine..... for a while.

Pinguinite posted on 2018-01-13 14:14:08   Reply   Private Reply


#6: buckeroo    To: no gnu taxes (#0)

What were you watching on TV? Many TV's are now interactive. Don't you feel embarrassed?

buckeroo posted on 2018-01-13 14:39:50   Reply   Private Reply


#7: Tooconservative    To: buckeroo (#6)

What were you watching on TV? Many TV's are now interactive. Don't you feel embarrassed?

Maybe it was the Gorilla Channel. Or a granny tranny love story.

Tooconservative posted on 2018-01-13 14:47:10   Reply   Private Reply