[SML] polystyrene decoration on fire again

Jerry Durand jdurand at interstellar.com
Sun Jul 26 18:34:21 UTC 2015


The article said a cigarette was suspected.

On 07/26/2015 11:31 AM, e-mail frank.wood95 wrote:
> What was the source of ignition?
>
> Many years ago, one of our set designers planned to use polystyrene to
> make some gothic arches. As LD, I was worried, so I conducted an
> experiment. I set up a 2' square panel, from the packaging of a
> domestic appliance, and pointed a 1KW VNSP Par at it from about a foot
> range. After an hour, the polystyrene panel was noticeably thinner
> where the beam had fallen on it, but that was all.
>
> OTOH, I remember going up a wooden step-ladder to adjust the 1KW PAR
> cans I was using in booms. By the time I had finished, smoke was
> coming from the ladder.
>
> Safety experts, please advise.
>
>

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