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What are some consumer electronics you probably shouldn't tinker with? (lemm.ee)

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I came up with this question right after I wanted to take apart a microwave to see why it wasn't heating anything before I remembered that that's a very, VERY bad idea

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

I heard once that old smoke detectors have some radioactive isotopes in them. Not sure how true or dangerous but sounds bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Current smoke detectors still do, and usually have some warning on them stating such.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

If it had warnings about not opening it, or not containing user serviceable parts, don’t fuck with it.

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