[Radio Wrangler]

I was up in the attic in the days before smoke alarms in homes and the rather expensive monitor on the computer in the radio shack caught fire. I smelled it, came down, saw actual yellow flame and put it straight out the front door.

Contacting the manufacturer produced no interest. The casing and PCBs were all supposed to be fire retardant. Photos went to ALL the safety agencies whose approvals marks appeared on the thing. Oddly enough, there was interest from them. They were very worried about the impact on their credibility. Having been involved in getting products through approvals, I had the advantage of good contacts with most of them.

None of this applies to vintage gear, but it served as a remainder that even new gear with all the required markings could be dangerous.

David