I've been thinking about that since this thread started. It would be a pretty good trick to burn down a layout, or do they burn up?
If foam. every knows foam won't burn, melts. A plastic building would melt,a wood one' if exposed to open flame would go puuff and die out.
If plywood, will surely burn.But did you ever try to get a chunk of any wood to catch fire,without some kind of help. Kindeling or gas or ??
Should you have a open flame,near to the layout, I would think there would be more inportent things to worry about
After reading some opf the posts, it seems to me that the cure, an extinguisher, could be worse than the disease, a fire. Assuming the disease strikes.
Bear "It's all about having fun."
I have a friend who designed fire protection systems. I asked him if I needed a sprinkler system.
He said that would help save my neighbors house.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
bearman After reading some opf the posts, it seems to me that the cure, an extinguisher, could be worse than the disease, a fire. Assuming the disease strikes.
Only the wrong type. A few times I've been in server rooms where they actually reminded me about the Halon discharge warning light - if you see that light, you have 30 seconds to get out of the room. The recommended dry chemical ABC type is not a problem like that. If in any doubt at all, just get out and call the professionals, your life isn;t worth it.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Had anyone lost a layout to a fire? Didn't John Armstrong lose his Gore and depheated that way? And didn't Jeffrey wimbly have a shed fire where his trains were? So yes it can happen but it's a RARE occurance. If you miswire a transformer where there's lots of juice, or create enough juice where something arcs, or leave a soldering iron on, yes that's enough to start a fire. At the club I belonged to, by the exit door is a blinked light for the light switch. If it's on, you forgot to shut down the layout power.
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DigitalGriffin Didn't John Armstrong lose his Gore and depheated that way?
John Allen built the Gorre and Daphetid. It burned after his death, but because of a faulty gas heater, not the railroad wiring. As was stated earlier in this very thread.
John Armstrong's O scale layout never burned. Parts of it have been incorporated into others' layouts.
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bearmanAfter reading some opf the posts, it seems to me that the cure, an extinguisher, could be worse than the disease, a fire.
Only because some of those posts are completely wrong. I wish that people who post "wisdom" gained by "reading google" would edit/delete their false information when their errors are pointed out -- instead of defending the incorrect "facts".
As others noted, an ABC-type extingusher won't hurt you, if you feel the need to have one. Aim at the base of the flames. And exit the house if that doesn't stop the fire.
cuyama bearman After reading some opf the posts, it seems to me that the cure, an extinguisher, could be worse than the disease, a fire. Only because some of those posts are completely wrong. I wish that people who post "wisdom" gained by "reading google" would edit/delete their false information when their errors are pointed out -- instead of defending the incorrect "facts". As others noted, an ABC-type extingusher won't hurt you, if you feel the need to have one. Aim at the base of the flames. And exit the house if that doesn't stop the fire.
bearman After reading some opf the posts, it seems to me that the cure, an extinguisher, could be worse than the disease, a fire.
Mike
cuyama Quite right, I typo'd on my phone. (Still on my first cup of coffee) DigitalGriffin Didn't John Armstrong lose his Gore and depheated that way? John Allen built the Gorre and Daphetid. It burned after his death, but because of a faulty gas heater, not the railroad wiring. As was stated earlier in this very thread. John Armstrong's O scale layout never burned. Parts of it have been incorporated into others' layouts.
Quite right, I typo'd on my phone. (Still on my first cup of coffee)