News: Exploding LED candles

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News: Exploding LED candles

Postby Tomi Engdahl on Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:25 pm

Finnish Safety Technology Authority (Tukes) has issued on a warning on exploding LED candles.
There have been several cases on few days before Christmas 2008 where some people have lighted a LED candle with a match.
The LED candle has started burning quite normally, but then after few minutes it has exploded.
So be careful what candle you burn and what not...

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Image source: http://www.tukes.fi/fi/Palvelut/Tiedott ... nkaytosta/

Articles (in Finnish):
http://videot.kympe.fi/galleria/tuikku.html
http://www.kympe.fi/pdf/led.pdf
http://www.prosessori.fi/uutiset/uutinen2.asp?id=52960
http://www.tukes.fi/fi/Palvelut/Tiedott ... nkaytosta/

Video of burning and exploding LED candle:
http://videot.kympe.fi/galleria/tuikku.html
(click the picture with LED-kynttila text to view)
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