[BITList] Glade - False

Thu Mar 7 09:03:46 GMT 2013

Jim
This is true but at least in the UK the plug tops are suitably fused or 
should be
frank

On 3/7/2013 4:37 PM, Jim Meldrum wrote:
>
> Ahoy there!                        I suspect that we all leave our 
> domestic refrigerators plugged, running on auto & unattended.
>
> Keep laughing,
>
> Jim
>
> *From:*bitlist-bounces at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com 
> [mailto:bitlist-bounces at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *x50type at cox.net
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 March 2013 4:55 AM
> *To:* BitList
> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] Glade - False
>
> Frank
>
> you’re preaching to the choir.
>
> ct
>
> *From:*FS <mailto:franka at iinet.net.au>
>
> *Sent:*Monday, March 04, 2013 11:30 AM
>
> *To:*BitList <mailto:bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
>
> *Subject:*Re: [BITList] Glade - False
>
> 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 <mailto: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.
>
>     Image removed by sender.
>     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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