3D printer kills couple and their cats

[79wjd]

18 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

But when the house is built, I'd wager that a CO detector was put in by the builders.

Was the house built recently? Did the owners disconnect it after the inspector left? Did they use a quality CO detector or some piece of junk that broke? 

[bob345]

I can tell you without a doubt that the 3d printer and laser had nothing to do with what happened to them. Its just the media jumping on sensationalist headlines. The only way a 3d printer will "vent" carbon monoxide is is you set the whole thing on fire. You have a much more immediate danger that carbon monoxide at that point. This journalist obviously is taking advantage of what happened simply because these people owned the machines. There is such a incredibly high amount of misinformation in that article that it hurts to read.
 

 

[NumLock21]

13 minutes ago, bob345 said:

I can tell you without a doubt that the 3d printer and laser had nothing to do with what happened to them. Its just the media jumping on sensationalist headlines. The only way a 3d printer will "vent" carbon monoxide is is you set the whole thing on fire. You have a much more immediate danger that carbon monoxide at that point. This journalist obviously is taking advantage of what happened simply because these people owned the machines. There is such a incredibly high amount of misinformation in that article that it hurts to read.
 

 

 

[Syntaxvgm]

I think conclusions are being jumped to as said. Maybe the laser cutter, but I doubt that too. Probably just a common source. 

 

 

[GDRRiley]

3 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

It's kind of stupid to have smoke detectors that don't work in a power failure (although, the likelihood of a fire and losing power -- either from the fire or something else isn't super high).

 

Also, this may not be the case, but the law should require smoke detectors with a battery backup. 

they are hardwired with a batter backup 

[Trik'Stari]

Annnnnd queue a ban on 3d printers in residential homes....

 

"For safety"

[suicidalfranco]

fake news/clickbait, it was a laser cutter

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

17 hours ago, Litargirio said:

No, how does it produce any at all?

Well the most common 2 types of plastics used for 3D printing is PLA and ABS...

What happens when you melt plastic? It gives off smoke/fumes, is ABS much more toxic than PLA, yep so if they were printing with ABS in an enclosed space then...

[paddy-stone]

18 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

 

A couple was found dead on Monday afternoon by authorities in their home. The couple are both MIT graduates and they have two cats. The building was evacuated and the Fire Department hazardous team was bought in to check out if there was anything wrong with the building. They can't find anything wrong with it. Then a few days later results came in and the couple had signs of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Both the couple and their cats was killed by their 3D printer when it, vented carbon monoxide into their home.

Not too sure how much toxic fumes a 3d printer releases. On the other hand, it's said that toner emitted from laser printer is like second hand smoke, so a 3D one is probably much worse?  As for the couple and their pet, rip.

 

 

Fixed version, sorry but this was playing havock with my OCD for proper English.

 

A couple was found dead on Monday afternoon by authorities in their home. The couple were both MIT graduates and they had two cats. The building was evacuated and the Fire Department's hazardous team was bought in to check out if there was anything wrong with the building. They couldn't find anything wrong with it. Then a few days later results came in and the couple showed signs of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Both the couple and their cats were killed by their 3D printer when it, vented carbon monoxide into their home.

[NumLock21]

12 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

 

Fixed version, sorry but this was playing havock with my OCD for proper English.

 

I wasn't paying too much attention to what i was typing.

 

[WolfDeville]

I'll leave this here for those uneducated about 3D printers

EDIT: Jesus Christ... I seriously did not see bob345's post.... I posted this after being awake for 26 straight hours. sozza

[WolfDeville]

@NumLock21 Can you please add my previous post to the OP? I think this situation needs some light shed on it...

[NumLock21]

7 hours ago, TehStranger said:

@NumLock21 Can you please add my previous post to the OP? I think this situation needs some light shed on it...

The op is for any updates to the news itself. Not some yt dude who says 3d printer is not the cause, as if he's really conclusive with his opinion. 

Sozza

 

 

[goodtofufriday]

im more sad that we lost TWO MIT graduates from the world

[WolfDeville]

1 hour ago, NumLock21 said:

The op is for any updates to the news itself. Not some yt dude who says 3d printer is not the cause, as if he's really conclusive with his opinion. 

Sozza

 

 

Let me ask you something: Do you have any in depth experience with 3D printers? Better yet, do you actually own one?

[NumLock21]

6 minutes ago, TehStranger said:

Let me ask you something: Do you have any in depth experience with 3D printers? Better yet, do you actually own one?

I have no experience with 3D printers nor do I own one. Why?

[Orblivion]

On 1/28/2017 at 5:38 PM, NumLock21 said:

Changed it multiple times. And reset don't seem to work. 

CO detectors have expiration dates.  The one I have in my apartment mentions that it will give the intermittent alarm chirp when this occurs, meaning it is time to replace the entire unit.

[WolfDeville]

8 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

I have no experience with 3D printers nor do I own one. Why?

Ahh, that explains it...

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, TehStranger said:

Ahh, that explains it...

So your saying because i have no experience with 3d printers, you think i actually believe in what the press says?

Lol

[WolfDeville]

5 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

So your saying because i have no experience with 3d printers, you think i actually believe in what the press says?

Lol

Maybe. You don't seem to want to spread the truth, so what other reason would there be? What that "dude" said in the video is nothing but facts, so I don't understand why you wouldn't want to inform people that the news articles are bullshit...

[DrMikeNZ]

19 minutes ago, TehStranger said:

Maybe. You don't seem to want to spread the truth, so what other reason would there be? What that "dude" said in the video is nothing but facts, so I don't understand why you wouldn't want to inform people that the news articles are bullshit...

The OP informs people appropriately with the updated link that was included. It takes less time to read that than listening to someone rant, especially when they omit information as "it didn't flow with the story".

[Ashaira]

every godam tutorial and company clearly states to only use plastics that emit noxious fumes (like abs) in well vented rooms. Event the cheapo abs filament from china says so on the rolls.

[Ashaira]

19 hours ago, goodtofufriday said:

im more sad that we lost TWO MIT graduates from the world

how smart could they be if the used a 3d printer unsupervised in an under ventilated room?

[zMeul]

On 1/29/2017 at 7:31 PM, TehStranger said:

I'll leave this here for those uneducated about 3D printers

EDIT: Jesus Christ... I seriously did not see bob345's post.... I posted this after being awake for 26 straight hours. sozza

the video creator is such a hypocrite

he slams the media for misrepresenting the incident while not telling the truth about 3D printers and laser cutters

 

ABS, nylon plastics are dangerous and especially dangerous in non ventilated rooms

laser cutters, depending what you cut with them can produce very toxic fumes - same problem as above

 

and they were MIT grads? plus the victim(s) complained previously about dizziness?

poor cats

[WolfDeville]

1 hour ago, zMeul said:

the video creator is such a hypocrite

he slams the media for misrepresenting the incident while not telling the truth about 3D printers and laser cutters

 

ABS, nylon plastics are dangerous and especially dangerous in non ventilated rooms

laser cutters, depending what you cut with them can produce very toxic fumes - same problem as above

 

and they were MIT grads? plus the victim(s) complained previously about dizziness?

poor cats

The article said "laser 3D printer" and then showed videos of FDM printers printing, no mention of laser cutters. The point is, the people writing this BS didn't even bother to do their research on these machines and then throw 3D printing into the public's crosshairs. Yes, ABS, Nylon and other plastics can and do produce toxic fumes, but there's no evidence of the victims using those plastics or if they used something less harmful, like PLA for example. I don't think they'd sit in a room with ABS printing, the smell is unbearable and it doesn't take a genius to know the fumes can't be very good for your health...