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Here's a part of a cabinet in my wardrobe where my printer lives. It's a bit noisy with all those hard surfaces so I am just about to put up some foam padding on all 5 sides.

Is that stupidly dangerous?

You can see I have a smoke alarm there, but it won't stop a fire on its own.

Edit: the cabinet has no door, it's always open like in the photo, but the wardrobe door is generally closed. The room has some ventilation so smells do go away.

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[–] snota 1 points 1 year ago

I disagree that the main reason is thermal runaway. It is more likely to be underrated components that can't handle the current. This would not be immediately apparent and does usually come from lower quality printers.