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bongodongobob
on Feb 23, 2024
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I don't think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can ...
Nonsense. UPS's don't pose any sort of serious fire risk. UPSs starting on fire are exceedingly rare. Sure, it's probably happened. People get hit by lightning too.
silon42
on Feb 23, 2024
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I'd guess they are certainly safer than a laptop, but it depends on a manufacturer... (I've seen lots of "balooned" laptops, including many Macs)
tristor
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Not to be snarky, but UPS fires are one of the leading causes of datacenter fires:
https://duckduckgo.com/?hps=1&q=UPS+Fire+datacenter&ia=web
bongodongobob
on Feb 23, 2024
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Right and data center fires are extremely rare. Think of how many UPSs are in the wild. The failure by fire rate is probably something like 0.000001%.
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