{"id":115685,"date":"2017-02-25T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=115685"},"modified":"2017-02-24T15:54:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:54:02","slug":"6-tech-devices-that-caught-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/115685-6-tech-devices-that-caught-fire","title":{"rendered":"6 tech devices that caught fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and its subsequent proclivity for spontaneously erupting into flames caught the attention of smartphone users around the world.<\/p>\n<p>However, this smartphone is not the first tech device to\u00a0have serious problems with heat or explosions.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a\u00a0look at some of the hottest tech which kept bursting into flames.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Samsung Galaxy Note 7<\/h3>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s Note 7 was eventually recalled due to its \u201cfire\u201d problem, which resulted in it being banned on all flights.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the problem was a fault with the device\u2019s battery, which was over-sized and incorrectly welded.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a5W19Spmw8Q\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Ford Kuga<\/h3>\n<p>The Ford Kuga in South Africa is one of the bigger pieces of tech which had problems with catching alight.<\/p>\n<p>The fires turned out to be the result of engine overheating, and Ford launched a safety recall which affected 4,556 local Kuga 1.6-litre models.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mEm_IDoC_kw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070<\/h3>\n<p>Graphics cards are hard-working PC components and require efficient cooling.<\/p>\n<p>This is especially true for high-end products like EVGA\u2019s GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 cards, which are aimed at hardcore gamers and overclockers.<\/p>\n<p>EVGA <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/computing\/evga-gtx-1080-1070-overheating-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>neglected to account for sufficient VRM cooling in its design, and these graphics cards subsequently experienced major overheating issues \u2013 catching fire in certain cases.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WAbl0fLY06U\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Hoverboards<\/h3>\n<p>While popular, certain self-balancing electric scooters experienced serious problems \u2013 resulting in a revision of the product\u2019s safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>Many users documented their hoverboards bursting into flames or spontaneously exploding.<\/p>\n<p>In certain cases, this resulted in serious property damage and injury.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z7iNT_Jm71Y\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Laptops<\/h3>\n<p>Malfunctioning lithium-ion batteries are a major cause of\u00a0spontaneous tech fires, and laptops with these batteries are not immune to bursting into flames.<\/p>\n<p>HP recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/01\/25\/hp_batteries_from_panasonic_recall\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>recalled<\/strong><\/a> over 100,000 laptop batteries due to their risk of catching fire. Earlier this year, a video also surfaced of a Dell laptop exploding multiple times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWODdROCajU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Unofficial iPhone chargers<\/h3>\n<p>Using an unofficial iPhone charger could be more dangerous than you think. There have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/money\/iphone-charger-faulty-technology-8066132\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>reports<\/strong><\/a> of these devices exploding or damaging the user\u2019s smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>It is recommended that consumers use certified chargers which comply with electronics safety standards.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wzkGjNpBJAA\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/198835-inside-the-coolest-gaming-centre-in-johannesburg-photos.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband <\/a><\/strong>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/198604-how-easy-it-is-to-make-a-fake-news-photo.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How easy it is to make a fake news photo<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out some of the look at some of the hottest tech which kept bursting into flames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":108373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585],"tags":[18191,14104,2077],"class_list":["post-115685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-devices","tag-fire","tag-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}