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And I have never heard of of a power suply just bursting into

I do not believe that anyone even stated that they did. Electrical fires usually start because of a short that sends sparks to something that burns like paper, cardboard, or wood. There are thousands of electrical fires in the US every year. Although I have no idea what percentage of fires are related to power supplies. But the insurance industry is starting to keep tabs on fires started by home made or personally modified devices due to neglegence, and using them to void insurance payouts. The US started rating electrical devices many years ago and providing them with a UL rating stating that these products are safe to use by certain standards setup by professional Gov analysis. This is why Consumer reports recommends not buying anything that does not meet these standards. All I am saying is that I will not use any kind of home made electrical device inside my home.

I had a neighbor in Orlando who's house caught fire and was burned out completely. After close investigation by the fire departments investigator it was determined that the fire was started by a transformer, but that the cord had been cut off and it was wired incorrectly by whoever owned it causing the device to short out and start the fire. The insurance used that report and refused to pay for the damge to the house. They lost everything and after hiring a lawyer to try and appeal the matter were told that they had no case to fight the decision, because of a clause in their policy stating owners neglegence as an out. Case closed. This is not something new either. Its just that a lot of people do not hear about it, so it is a vague issue. I was warned by our insurance company because they wanted to know what we were using to charge the R/C batteries for our toys in our home in Korea. This is not an isolated case either. I just happened to be the first one to bring it up in here.

You do what you want to in your home. Just don't close your eyes and ignore the warning and become a victem. The people of Japan never thought that a tusnami would ever hit them that large either, and look at what is happeing with these spent fuel rods stored five stories over the reactor. They were warned during construction that this was an unsafe design for exactly that reason, but GE decided to ignore the warning in 1976. They knew it was bad and after 35 years they still had not fixed or modified the issue, and now look at what happened. What does that tell you? GE can not back peddle their way out of this one.