Tivo Fires?

"Bob" wrote in message ...

"Bill Kearney" wrote in message
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The big thing with the laptop fires was the batteries. Lithium Ion
maybe??

Not the big thing, the ONLY thing. Yes, LI batteries. Not chemicals
between, but particles in the chemicals causing a short, thus the fires.

There's nothing at all like that in a Tivo unit. It's basically the same
sort of gear you'd find in any other standard consumer media device like a
VCR, tuner, disc player or video game console. Sure, there's a drive in
it
that spins all the time but there's nowhere near enough heat from it to
cause any sort of fire, or any chemicals in it.

So please, troll for hype elsewhere.

Uh??? You talking to me??

I'm not trolling anything anywhere. I didn't start this thread, I responded
to it.

I pointed out that the fires from laptops were caused by the batteries and
Tivos have no batteries.

Did I miss something here??



I've never seen the insides of a TiVo, but I'd guess there is a battery to power
the RTC while the unit is not powered. It's likely to be a button cell.

I pointed out that the fires from laptops were caused by the batteries and
Tivos have no batteries.

Did I miss something here??



I've never seen the insides of a TiVo, but I'd guess there is a battery
to power
the RTC while the unit is not powered. It's likely to be a button cell.

My guess is that you'd have extreme trouble starting a fire with
one of those button cells even if your life depended on it.

Gordon Burditt wrote:
I pointed out that the fires from laptops were caused by the batteries and
Tivos have no batteries.

Did I miss something here??


I've never seen the insides of a TiVo, but I'd guess there is a battery
to power
the RTC while the unit is not powered. It's likely to be a button cell.

My guess is that you'd have extreme trouble starting a fire with
one of those button cells even if your life depended on it.


I can start a fire with a AA cell and some steel wool! (Be Prepared!)
;-) Never tried with a button cell, seems awkward.

Randy S.

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"Randy S." wrote:

Gordon Burditt wrote:
I pointed out that the fires from laptops were caused by the batteries and
Tivos have no batteries.

Did I miss something here??


I've never seen the insides of a TiVo, but I'd guess there is a battery
to power
the RTC while the unit is not powered. It's likely to be a button cell.

My guess is that you'd have extreme trouble starting a fire with
one of those button cells even if your life depended on it.


I can start a fire with a AA cell and some steel wool! (Be Prepared!)
;-) Never tried with a button cell, seems awkward.


Get REAL - How much steel wool is in a TiVo ?

there are hundreds of thousands ( maybe millions ) of
computer hard drives that run 24/7/365... they don't
burst into flames... the tivo drives are standard maxtor
drives that you'd find in any computer.

I had a Maxtor / Quantum Fireball 10gb that burst into flames about 5 years
ago.
The controller chip on the bottom board decided to torch itself. Was a quite
common failure mode.

Steve

I've never seen the insides of a TiVo, but I'd guess there is a battery to
power
the RTC while the unit is not powered. It's likely to be a button cell.


Aside from the battery to power the clock, I should have been more clear on
that.

I was referring to battery packs, similar to laptops to power the unit when
not plugged into the wall.

And.......I want to see Randy S and his steel wool magic tick. That would be
pretty wild. lol. And his Mom only told him not to play with matches.

"Steve Stone" wrote in message
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there are hundreds of thousands ( maybe millions ) of
computer hard drives that run 24/7/365... they don't
burst into flames... the tivo drives are standard maxtor
drives that you'd find in any computer.

I had a Maxtor / Quantum Fireball 10gb that burst into flames about 5
years ago.
The controller chip on the bottom board decided to torch itself. Was a
quite common failure mode.

Steve

I always wondered why Quantum named that model "Fireball". This explains
everything - truth in advertising!

On 15 Sep 2006, wrote:

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"Randy S." wrote:

I can start a fire with a AA cell and some steel wool! (Be Prepared!)
;-) Never tried with a button cell, seems awkward.

Get REAL - How much steel wool is in a TiVo ?

Well, it depends on how many metallic sheep you can fit inside.

Ted

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:09:49 -0000, (Gordon
Burditt) wrote:

I pointed out that the fires from laptops were caused by the batteries and
Tivos have no batteries.

Did I miss something here??



I've never seen the insides of a TiVo, but I'd guess there is a battery
to power
the RTC while the unit is not powered. It's likely to be a button cell.

My guess is that you'd have extreme trouble starting a fire with
one of those button cells even if your life depended on it.

There is a button cell in my HR10-250.
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I can start a fire with a AA cell and some steel wool! (Be Prepared!)
;-) Never tried with a button cell, seems awkward.


Get REAL - How much steel wool is in a TiVo ?

Jack, it was a joke. Boy Scouts are taught how to start fires with
various methods, and one of the easiest is a battery and some steel wool
(Hence, the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared").

Sheesh! Lighten up!

Randy S.