| Electro-Kindling
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| Figure
1 Below: Coffee Maker Ignition And Burn
Test. |
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1 photos courtesy of M.Fitz, Machine
Design Engineers, Seattle, WA) |
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| Figure
1A - Ignition Occurs Under continuously energized hot
plate. |
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| Figure
1B - Burning Plastic Continuously
Energized Hotplate Flows
on Countertop. |
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| Figure
2 Below: Ignition Test, Plastic Trim
Of Portable Electric Heater |
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| Figure
2A - Fire Spreads from Inside
Front panel. |
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| Figure
2B - Fire Grows as Plastic
Panel Burns Vigorously.
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| Figure
2C - Fire Spread, Flaming
Plastic Drops to Floor. |
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| Figure
2D - Plastic Power Cord
Cage on Bottom of Panel
Burns. |
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3 Below: Ignition Test, Portable Electric
Heater With Plastic Housing |
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Figure
3A - Core Displaced Against
Housing, Heater
Wires Red
Hot. |
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| Figure
3B - Plastic housing Ignited,
Hole Burned/ Melted through
Bottom. |
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| Figure
4 Below: |
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| Figure
4A - Initial Setup of Test. |
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| Figure
4B - Connector Shell Ignited. |
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| Figure
4C - Flaming Drop of Plastic
on Floor of Junction Box.
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| Figure
4D - Fire Grows and Spreads. |
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| Figure
5 Below: Thermostats, Electro-Kindling
Housings. |
Thermostat
With "Electro-Kindling" Housing.
(Bottom unit ignited
and burned due to downstream short
circuit in heat-pump wiring.) |
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| Figure
6 Below: Water Heater Fire. |
| Fire
In Water Heater With Plastic Electrical
Enclosure, Foam Thermal Insulation,
And Plastic Outer Shell. |
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| Figure
7 Below: Baby Monitor, Fire Hazard And
Burn Test. |
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| Figure
7A - Baby Monitor, Power
Cord Touching Transformer
(arrow). |
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| Figure
7B - Baby Monitor, Burn
Test of Plastic Housing. |
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| Figure
8 Below: Fire, Exterior Light Fixture. |
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| Figure
8A - Plastic Light Fixture
Fire, Overall View. |
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| Figure
8B - Remains of Fixture. |
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Figure
8C - Fire Spread
to Siding. |
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