Can a cell phone charger start a fire even when no phone is plugged in?
vargas asked:
Everything I have learned in science class makes it seem like there needs to be many different variables that line up exactly at the right moment for any chance of fire, like water hitting the charger etc. It just doesn’t make any logical sense to me that a cell phone charger would catch fire randomly. Also why would clocks, and other devices that are necessary to be plugged in 24/7, not catch fire?
Calling Men the Right Way
Everything I have learned in science class makes it seem like there needs to be many different variables that line up exactly at the right moment for any chance of fire, like water hitting the charger etc. It just doesn’t make any logical sense to me that a cell phone charger would catch fire randomly. Also why would clocks, and other devices that are necessary to be plugged in 24/7, not catch fire?
Calling Men the Right Way
July 24th, 2011 at 8:23 am
“Can” it? Yes. But your examples are prefect. The likelihood of it, or the probably dozen other electronic devices and chargers you (we all) leave plugged in all the time catching fire is very small.