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Yes, but that applies to china mobile chargers and a lot of other devices that nobody worries about (and also to CFDs and any led lamp that might be today in your house)

And of course it's not a software issue




> And of course it's not a software issue

Of course it's not. You weren't talking about one, you asked how a LED lamp can burn your house down. It can.

Personally, I can't see how someone could legitimately blame Philips for a Hue-connected-but-unsupported third-party bulb starting a fire, but I don't doubt some will try.


> And of course it's not a software issue

Funny thing though, but that AC/DC converter is manipulated by firmware activated by a wifi protocol. If the fire only starts when the converter is activated into its highest conversion rate in a particular sequence by certain commands sent across that wifi protocol and those commands are being chosen by a user of an app on a mobile device two rooms away, is that a software issue? It's certainly a gray area.


If your DC/DC converter has a duty-cycle of 100% most likely the controlling FET will burn out and stop working




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