[BITList] Glade - False

[FS]

colin
having an electrical background I would advise that nothing should be 
left plugged in and left unattended especially with the US style sockets 
as I have noticed hot joints from bad connections from items plugged 
into them even when the outlets were relatively new and not overloaded
frank

On 3/4/2013 11:14 PM, x50type at cox.net wrote:
> Thanks for the advice, Frank
> but it appears to be another FALSE one!
> ct
> PS  I always check “advice” emails before passing them on – apparently 
> you don’t.
>
> Claim: Glade PlugIns brand air fresheners have been proved a 
> significant fire hazard. Status:   False. Example:   [Collected via 
> e-mail, 2004] Electrical Hazard My brother and his wife learned a hard 
> lesson this last week. Their house burned down...nothing left but 
> ashes. They have good insurance, so the home will be replaced and most 
> of the contents. That is the good news....
>
> Read More <http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp>  | Print 
> & PDF 
> <http://www.printfriendly.com/print/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snopes.com%2Finboxer%2Fhousehold%2Fglade.asp>
>
> *From:* FS <mailto:franka at iinet.net.au>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 04, 2013 9:00 AM
> *To:* undisclosed-recipients:
> *Subject:* [BITList] House fires - - - - PLEASE READ ......IMPORTANT
> **
> Do not know about the veracity of this, but thought I would pass it on 
> in case
> Insurance is a wonderful thing when it works but read the cause of 
> this fire - you may be surprised
> Please pass this one along to your family and friends.
>
> mailbox:///C|/Users/elvira/AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Profiles/nw4aqu4k.default/Mail/Local%20Folders/Inbox?number=41648172&part=1.2&filename=image001.jpg
> This photo was taken at the scene of a house fire that occurred I've 
> never heard this info before...
>
> House fires- please read!!!!!
>
> Received from a friend who is in the insurance property business. It 
> is well worth reading.
>
> This is one of those e-mails that if you don't send it, rest assured 
> someone on your list will suffer for not reading it. The original 
> message was written by a lady whose brother and wife learned a hard 
> lesson this past week.
>
> Their house burnt down.. Nothing left but ashes. They have good 
> insurance so the house will be replaced and most of the contents. That 
> is the good news.
>
>
> However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire. The 
> insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several hours. He 
> had the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom. He asked her 
> sister-in-law what she had plugged in the bathroom. She listed the 
> normal things...curling iron, blow dryer. He kept saying to her, 'No, 
> this would be something that would disintegrate at high 
> temperatures'.. Then her sister-in-lawremembered she had a *Glade 
> Plug-In*, in the bathroom.
>
> The investigator had one of those 'Aha' moments. He said that was the 
> cause of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with 
> the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said the 
> plastic they are made from is THIN. He also said that in every case 
> there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the 
> investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the 
> plug-in were still in there.
>
>
> Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light 
> built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim and 
> then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours 
> later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator said 
> that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather 
> than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back 
> on. That is a warning sign
>
>
> The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in 
> fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places 
> that have been burned down due to them.
>
> PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE
>
> PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
>
> NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOUSE,
>
> BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE
>
>
> 	
>
>
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