Warning: Be careful of those magnifying glass lights!

[Capt. Vick]

Went to go fill out my wife's mother's day card the other day and I see this!

Notice the window/skylight and the large magnifying glass light?

Well I didn't until I saw this!

There was still a faint smell of burnt paper and plastic!

Could this have been far worse? Maybe? I'm glad I didn't find out!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Holy Crap dude!

 

[Crimea_River]

Is it near a window? I can't believe the light on he magnifier would do that.

 

[Wurger]

Interesting. But I'm with Andy. Quite impossible with the kind of light.

 

[Airframes]

Oops !
I agree, the lamp itself shouldn't be magnified. I once had a similar incident with my old magnifier lamp, but the light source was the sun, shining through the window near the lamp, and focusing, though the lens, onto a sheet of paper. Caught it in time, and then moved the lamp to a different place on the desk.
I also noticed an overhead light sometimes "caught" the lens, but the worst that happened with this was a very light singe mark on paper, although it's wise to be cautious !

 

[fubar57]

Yikes

 

[Capt. Vick]

The light source WAS the sun. You can see the window/skylight in the back of one of the pictures. Sorry if I somehow implied that a florescent light did that.

 

[Wurger]

If the sunlight so that's is possible now.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Note window/skylight in background. It was night time when this picture was taken. Also the magnifying glass is not in the original position. It should be a bit further back towards the wall/window.

 

[vikingBerserker]

<Beavis and Butthead Laugh>

 

[cvairwerks]

Have to also be careful if you have any clear glass containers that will get sunlight.

 

[Capt. Vick]

No doubt! An I admit it, I love Weiner. Weiner pups that is, had three, sadly down to one old boy.

 

[Micdrow]

Damn that was too close, I consider that wild as we have the modern form of those at work. I bet we have probably 150 to 200 or more in the building but use LED lights. I guess its a good thing we don't have windows at work.

Glad it didn't get worse.

 

[Gnomey]

Oops!

 

[Glue Sniffer]

Guys...Im a professional fire fighter and can assure you that I've seen this sort of thing happen. Worse ive seen is a decretive lantern on a porch light siding on fire and burn a newer home down. There is a reason these things come with covers...and its not just for dust.

 

[GrauGeist]

Holy chit, man - that was a close call!

Yeah, glass can be a source of "interesting situations".
I had a 1920's Standard Oil bottle sitting on a windowsill in the shop with no issues, until the Autumn sun came in at an angle and the refracted light started singing the blueprint/schematics on the shelf by the window.

Took a while to figure out what was going on, but it turns out that the art-deco design of the oil bottle was magnifying the sunlight as it passed from morning to afternoon.

Dodged a bullet that time, for sure.