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1 posted on 03/15/2017 8:28:42 AM PDT by simpson96
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Listening to AC/DC?


2 posted on 03/15/2017 8:32:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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What brand/model of headphones was it?


3 posted on 03/15/2017 8:33:07 AM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! REPEAT San Jacinto!!!)
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To: simpson96

What brand?

Beats?


4 posted on 03/15/2017 8:33:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
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I’ve wondered about the safety of those cheap Chinese bluetooth headsets.

Those batteries are a safety hazard, they can burn your house down.


5 posted on 03/15/2017 8:37:11 AM PDT by Bobalu ( Healthcare - someone must pay. Who should it be, and how did they get that obligation?)
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Battery/short circuit/ audio amp failure.

Speakers and headphones (including earbuds) are designed to handle milliwatts of AC signal power, and have a low DC resistance.

Dumping the power of the Li-ion battery of a phone into them will make them light up like a lightbulb.

Think of a vape pen, except stuck in your ear.


6 posted on 03/15/2017 8:37:23 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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To: simpson96

She didn’t feel like washing her face?


13 posted on 03/15/2017 8:49:21 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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Headline: “explode”
Article: “on fire”

Which is it? Another headline that is designed to make us read the article, which then contradicts the headline.


14 posted on 03/15/2017 8:49:55 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the denial of human nature.)
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"bucket of water"

Nice. At least they didn't pour it on her while it was on her head. "Would you like some shock therapy with your coffee?"

Also, had this been a smoking flight, the smell of electronics and hair would've been covered up.

15 posted on 03/15/2017 8:51:02 AM PDT by fruser1
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From the original source, The Sydney Morning Herald:
The woman, whose identity has been concealed by the ATSB, said she was listening to music on a pair of battery-operated headphones when she fell asleep about two hours into the flight.

She woke to a loud explosion.

...

"The ATSB has assessed that it is the batteries, as the power source, that caught on fire and are therefore the issue... All batteries contain stored energy and are therefore potentially risky."

So it was the battery source, not the headphones themselves, that exploded? It looks like from the photos that she had the power source near her face.
16 posted on 03/15/2017 8:51:13 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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I heard on the news last night that the plugs were carrying Lithium Battery.


22 posted on 03/15/2017 9:36:19 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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On long haul flights like this (US to Asia or Australia or back the other way) I like to put on headsets and listen to classical music to go to sleep to


24 posted on 03/15/2017 10:46:11 AM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: simpson96

The Doors: “Light My Fire”?

I’d really like to know what brand it is as well.

I use blue tooth Apatronics for all my outside stuff.


26 posted on 03/15/2017 11:12:30 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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