smoke alarms.. woot.. garden protection..

One the many reasons to have smoke alarms and surge protections on electrical appliances is to prevent FIRE!!!

earlier I was joking in a thread on another forum than they should have a fire alarm. Well not only after I posted that I smelled electrical fire somewhere, soon after that my smoke detection went off..

It seems that one my exhaust fans (squirrel cage fan) to be exact in one my gardens decided to freeze up and over heat..
It didnt catch fire, but was soon close to doing so.. Im not sure how big a fire it would of been considering that fan sits atop my water bin, with a closed lid. About 20gl of water, so if it had caught fire it *might* have melted the lid and just fell in there.. But Im sure there would of been some fire to spread _

So you may have all the lighting nice and safe.. It will be a stupid piece of equipment to give you a scare..

 

Good thing you were home and not out shopping or something. That would be a tough one to come home to plus you would have some splainen to do

 

the nose knows. i have a sensitive sniffer, and im usually the first to smell and accurately identify odors. glad you caught it before it became a catastrophe

 

well these are my chances..
I do live in a town thats volunteer fire.. Lucky I might get to my house before they do.. most likely I would, they are slow as shit..
I have always kept a good eye on motors and stuff, just seemed like one them wake up to re-do a couple little things.. the fan was metal and heat plastic.
It was hot enough to burn my finger but not melting yet, I might put it out in the yard on a extension see if it actually melts. Its froze, but still charging the motor windings..

 

Squirrel Cage Fans?

 

just like this, 12v.. though im thinking the power pack might of been the real cause of malfunction..

 

I realize what they are-what are you doing with a squirrel cage?

 

moving air probably

 

thats where he keeps the lady squirrels. duh.

A centrifugal fan (also squirrel-cage fan, as it looks like a hamster wheel) {wiki}

 

My mom had one of those super magnifying mirrors and the sun had shined right on it and starting burning some paper. Kinda nuts.

 

Im glad your garden is ok that woulda sucked.

I cant stand smoke detectors, they go off every time I cook