I happened to go into the unoccupied office across from my cube to see who was using the printer in there. After seeing that a product manual was being printed, I see some smoke rising from the side of the printer. Sure enough the next second the power cord is arcing. I grab at the plug, miss and get the cord, sustain a VERY VERY minor burn thanks to the insulation, and then get the thing unplugged. Had I closed the door to that office like I was going to do I'm sure it could have been a lot worse. The breaker never tripped on-board the printer or on the circuit. Shorten might be able to elaborate to how quickly this could have been a lot worse.
Damn it. It's people like you that keep people like me from getting to break stuff. Nice save man, that could've been a bad day. Is your building sprinkled? Make sure you get your hand checked on the company dime, it's cheaper than having to pay the deductable for a new building
Yeah the building is sprinkled so that should have kicked in quickly enough I guess. As for my hand, I've had a worse burn grabbing the shift knob in my car after it's been parked all day.
Yeah, but it's Friday You may need the whole day to make sure you're alright. And there are two types of sprinklers, some that will contain and some that extinguish. I'm betting your setup is the former, as the extinguishing sprinklers are usually only found in industrial settings. The other type will just keep the fire from getting out of hand, unless the fire gets big enough and then it can overrun the sprinkers if it trips enough heads and kills pressure to the system. The Hollywood thing where the all the sprinklers kick in after you pull the handle is crap, it takes heat to trip them and they go one at a time.
After looking at the ones here versus the ones I've seen where chemicals are stored at the U, I'd say these are much less robust that the others.
