On Aug 8, 5:07*pm, Steve Barker wrote:
On 8/8/2010 3:28 PM, RicodJour wrote:



On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, Steve *wrote:
On 8/8/2010 12:52 PM, jimmy wrote:

I recently *had a conversation with an insurance adjuster who told me one of
the causes of fires in a home are these box fans...do you have any info
regarding this??

I'd say he's full of crap. *I buy box fans at auctions to use in the
chicken coop. *They get the full gamut of dust and feathers and who
knows what else. *I just run 'em till they quit and throw them in the
burn pile. *Not one has even so much as smoked.

Even if they did catch on fire, big deal. *You'd just have an
impromptu neighborhood BBQ. *If it were your family you might feel a
little different, no?


I'm just saying in all my years and all my fans, i've never seen one
smoke or flame. *And yes, i'd say my life experience is just as good as
some lying insurance adjusters.

Please explain why an insurance adjuster would lie about such a
thing. To impress people? Please, it's a fooking fan. There's no
snap, crackle and pop to that story.

All your years and all your fans...what does that mean? How many
fatal car accidents have you been in? Your cars? Does that mean
there's no such thing as a fatal car accident? Your logic is flawed.
Did you even read what the OP wrote, or are you just fond of going off
half-cocked? He wrote:
"I recently had a conversation with an insurance adjuster who told me
one of the causes of fires in a home are these box fans" One of the
reasons. He didn't say every fooking fan burned, and it doesn't sound
like some Chicken Little the-sky-is-falling schtick.

More to the point - do you think that a $20 Chinese fan is a quality
product in _any_ way shape or form? Do you know how many 'almost'
fires I've had happen? A fair number - and I only reported one to
Underwriters Laboratory. The manufacturer refused to own up to it,
but they did reconfigure the light fixture because of it. I wasn't
out any money, I didn't sue, I just wanted to make sure someone didn't
die in a fire.

I realize you're playing your role of newsgroup tough guy, and that's
fine, but have you ever watched a house burn down with people you know
in it? I did - across the street. Things like that stay with you.
People thinking there's a negligible chance of fire happening to them
is one of the reasons people don't think about things and do stupid
things. That's one of the reasons that in the not too distant future
I'd expect all of us will be paying for it in the form of mandatory
residential sprinkler systems.

R