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    2 months ago

    Also cellphones, laptops, power tools and just about everything.

    Gasoline? Don’t let it inside in the house. Ever.

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      2 months ago

      You don’t often hear about laptops burning. And many of those spend their whole lives plugged in

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        2 months ago

        Yes. These are extremely rare. Some models, like iirc a galaxy note and MacBook Pro have been singled out. The surface and airflow also matter. A laptop kept on a desk spends very little time charging at a time and any heat is dissipated efficiently. All devices are designed with the best thermal performance they can have.

        There was actually a house fire a while ago not too far from where I live that forensics said was started by a device in a charger at night. For some units and some uses, they still fail.

        Anyway. I think the better safe than sorry is warranted.

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          My favorite thing about my current phone is that I can set an alarm a couple of hours after I should wake, and the phone (trying not to fully charge until the alarm time) never charges overnight above 80% minimizing the chance of a thermal runaway if it happened to be like the note 7, as well as making the battery have a longer life