How is this possible?
To: nickcarraway
“Smart thermostat” controlled remotely by computer maybe?
2 posted on
01/10/2024 2:36:40 PM PST by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: nickcarraway
How were the trees surrounding the home?
Reminds me of the Maui “fires” that incinerated anything with metal or glass.
4 posted on
01/10/2024 2:37:32 PM PST by
C210N
(Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
To: windcliff
5 posted on
01/10/2024 2:37:35 PM PST by
stylecouncilor
("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: nickcarraway
That’s not a heater, it’s a smoker!
6 posted on
01/10/2024 2:37:53 PM PST by
I-ambush
(From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
To: nickcarraway
“How is this possible?”
No kidding. What a brutal way to find our your folks had passed like this, too.
7 posted on
01/10/2024 2:41:32 PM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: nickcarraway
Paper burns at 451 Fahrenheit. I read that somewhere.
To: nickcarraway
I’m really skeptical about this.
10 posted on
01/10/2024 2:43:28 PM PST by
MNDude
To: nickcarraway
Electric company:
“I’m tired of that old couple calling all the time wanting us to turn up their smart meter”.
11 posted on
01/10/2024 2:44:29 PM PST by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: nickcarraway
It isn't.
12 posted on
01/10/2024 2:44:59 PM PST by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
To: nickcarraway
I think the 1000 degree thing is gross exaggeration, myself. Paper burns at less than half that, and many other materials that are found in the home are similar.
13 posted on
01/10/2024 2:45:50 PM PST by
Gaffer
To: nickcarraway
1000°? What domestic device needs to be capable of a 1000°? I mean maybe the actual flame in a furnace or stovetop but really…
16 posted on
01/10/2024 2:48:59 PM PST by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: nickcarraway
17 posted on
01/10/2024 2:50:05 PM PST by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: nickcarraway
21 posted on
01/10/2024 3:13:24 PM PST by
dforest
To: nickcarraway
1,000 degrees!?
I don’t think so…
22 posted on
01/10/2024 3:20:21 PM PST by
wny
To: nickcarraway
“”””Family members told police they were at the home last Wednesday, helping their parents with their heater, saying the gas heater and gas hot water heater both were out and the home was getting too cold, according to the report.
The family told police they noticed the pilot light on the hot water heater was out.
They said they started “fiddling” with it, moving a wire, and the pilot light turned on.
Once the light came back on they left the home, police said.””””
Some people are going to feel badly about this.
24 posted on
01/10/2024 3:34:56 PM PST by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: nickcarraway
AI is Artificial. But it is not Intelligence.
To: nickcarraway
“They said they started “fiddling” with it, moving a wire, and the pilot light turned on.”
That’s how it is possible. The family probably moved a thermocouple that is meant to detect the temperature so the device knows when to automatically shut off. Once they disabled that, apparently there was no failsafe to stop the heater from just going constantly.
To: nickcarraway
Those pilot lights on water heaters can get hot. /s
32 posted on
01/10/2024 4:46:12 PM PST by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
To: nickcarraway
Is that a heater or a kiln? - or a coal-fired brick pizza oven? - those go up to 1500 degrees.
34 posted on
01/10/2024 5:29:02 PM PST by
Bon of Babble
(You Say You Want a Revolution?)
To: nickcarraway
Paper auto-ignites between 430 to 451 degrees F
That's only for starters, homes contain many chemicals that become explosive at extremely high temperatures.
I believe that the temperature claim is either a mistake or the author is exaggerating.
35 posted on
01/10/2024 6:22:16 PM PST by
Doc91678
(Doc91678)
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