Can burning candles damage an LCD tv or computer?
I have heard that burning a candle in a room with a computer will cause the motherboard to die. I also wonder if it is safe to burn a candle on a mantle below a flat-panel LCD TV. The holidays are coming and I would love to burn some candles for ambiance but I would hate to lose my expensive electronics in the process.
this is a myth. more specificially, it was true of earlier projection big screen tvs (you know the old school ones with the ridgey screens). with those, you could not smoke in the room with them, or have candle smoke near them. now, unless you have the candle like right next to the TV or on it, it should be fine.
Just keep the candles in a well ventilated area where the smoke will not pass through them and you will be fine. In no way will a candle harm it unless your putting the flame directly on it. Which i doubt you would do. Don’t worry about candles. I much prefer candle light to anything else.
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Comment by Ryan B — December 30, 2008 @ 11:21 am
I’m guessing from the large number of candles I have burned over the years in rooms with electronics that this a myth. Obviously you would not want to keep the candles too close to the electronics, as you don’t want the risk of knocking it over on your electronics, or wax running over onto them, but just a candle in the same room is not going to hurt.
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Comment by lil southern girl — December 30, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
this is a myth. more specificially, it was true of earlier projection big screen tvs (you know the old school ones with the ridgey screens). with those, you could not smoke in the room with them, or have candle smoke near them. now, unless you have the candle like right next to the TV or on it, it should be fine.
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Comment by infinite crisis 247 — December 30, 2008 @ 12:27 pm