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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

10/02/2013 12:09:24 AM · #1

Walk into your room and smell the acrid scent of the magic smoke leaving a capacitor.

What's worse? Not being able to figure out which device/charger/etc made the smell. Clearly some capacitor smoked itself tonight, but I can't figure out what it was in. :-\

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

10/02/2013 12:13:09 AM · #2

Originally posted by Cory:

That's your brain, Cory, better go in for a tune-up :-)

Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra

10/02/2013 12:22:34 AM · #3

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Cory:
Walk into your room and smell the acrid scent of the magic smoke leaving a capacitor.

What's worse? Not being able to figure out which device/charger/etc made the smell. Clearly some capacitor smoked itself tonight, but I can't figure out what it was in. :-\

That's your brain, Cory, better go in for a tune-up :-)

And the typo in the title doesn't at all help to dispel this notion.

Tiberius

Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH

10/02/2013 12:25:15 AM · #4

Originally posted by Cory:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Cory:
Walk into your room and smell the acrid scent of the magic smoke leaving a capacitor.

What's worse? Not being able to figure out which device/charger/etc made the smell. Clearly some capacitor smoked itself tonight, but I can't figure out what it was in. :-\

That's your brain, Cory, better go in for a tune-up :-)

And the typo in the title doesn't at all help to dispel this notion.

Ok for non-native speakers LOL

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/02/2013 12:27:17 AM · #5

Originally posted by Tiberius:

Originally posted by Cory:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Cory:
Walk into your room and smell the acrid scent of the magic smoke leaving a capacitor.

What's worse? Not being able to figure out which device/charger/etc made the smell. Clearly some capacitor smoked itself tonight, but I can't figure out what it was in. :-\

That's your brain, Cory, better go in for a tune-up :-)

And the typo in the title doesn't at all help to dispel this notion.

Ok for non-native speakers LOL

All of you non-native speakers around here are so darn good though that I wouldn't be surprised if a few did spot it. It's rare than any of the 'regular' non-native speakers make even a small mistake. Impressive, and all the more reason for me to be embarrassed about the typo. ;)

Message edited by author 2013-10-02 00:28:25.

Tiny

Apple iPhone 15 Pro

10/02/2013 04:05:22 AM · #6

you have a need to see more outside

herfotoman

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

10/02/2013 05:37:58 AM · #7

my think yo writ sexy with feel

herfotoman

Canon EOS-7D Mark II

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/02/2013 05:48:54 AM · #8

I've had one CRT-screen, one Florescent tube light-fitting and two UPS failures at work in the last 18 months.

Twice involving a lot of smoke, once some flames.

I had the electrician in to look at the items. He said that a UPS or screen will never start a fire. Right.

I have now installed smoke detectors in each room.

10/02/2013 11:21:49 AM · #9

Originally posted by Tiny:

you have a need to see more outside

Always brother always.

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

10/02/2013 11:22:15 AM · #10

Originally posted by herfotoman:

my think yo writ sexy with feel

I's happy they did fix.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

10/02/2013 12:59:35 PM · #11

I smelled that back in 2010 the night before we were to go out of town for a week's vacation. It was the spare computer I had built with a cheapo generic power supply back in 2003. I only use name brand power supplies with a good reputation now.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

10/02/2013 01:07:26 PM · #12

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:

What's strange is that nothing seems to be dead.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

10/02/2013 02:16:30 PM · #13

Originally posted by Cory:

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
I smelled that back in 2010 the night before we were to go out of town for a week's vacation. It was the spare computer I had built with a cheapo generic power supply back in 2003. I only use name brand power supplies with a good reputation now.

What's strange is that nothing seems to be dead.

Proves that your equipment is full of unnecessary parts. The manufacturer's brother-in-law owns a capacitor supply company. ;-)

When I was in the Navy, I repaired radar display consoles. The console had a high-voltage deflection amplifier mounted in front of a water cooled heat-exchanger. There was one console on the ship's bridge that, when some idiot left the bridge wing doors open in a humid climate, would "sweat" and dump condensation into the deflection amp. LOTS of smoke, sparks and sometimes flames. Happened more than once and I had to rebuild the unit each time. Very distinct smell - electrical fires.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

10/02/2013 02:17:16 PM · #14

Originally posted by Cory:

It's your BRAIN, I tell you! Ghost smells! Serious stuff! A neurological consult is called for, at a minimum. Be prepared for an ad hoc lobotomy. It's for your own good, d00d.