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For a change of pace, this blog is very different from what I have been posting.
Posted to The Age (1/11/2019) on 2/11/2019
Commenting on “Pavement showered in glass shards after tower's balcony panel cracks”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/pavement-showered-in-glass-shards-after-tower-s-balcony-panel-cracks-20191101-p536o3.html
The meteoric rise in housing construction and associated technology incorporated in the old and new buildings are real concern.
Rental properties need to have gas heaters checked every two years and smoke detectors every year, but I doubt there is any safety check on solar panels, especially the electrical connections and storage. At present, solar panels are god sent as a renewable energy generator. Under extreme climatic fluctuation, will the glass crack or even cause short circuit? Furthermore, the potential hazard of disposing them at the end of their useful life is taboo, not dissimilar to the use of plastic bags years ago.
Can LED devices and energy savings lights be a health hazard? Under certain atmospheric condition, I cough very badly and I can even detect some very small traces of gaseous smell, even if no one around has the same reaction. Many of these devices and lights involves with micro-fine soldering, and what chemicals used in the solder can be carcinogenous. The energy consumption may be low, but can the fine micro-electronic connections last as long without failure?
Thank you for reading.
Commenting on “Pavement showered in glass shards after tower's balcony panel cracks”
For a change of pace, this blog is very different from what I have been posting.
Posted to The Age (1/11/2019) on 2/11/2019
Commenting on “Pavement showered in glass shards after tower's balcony panel cracks”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/pavement-showered-in-glass-shards-after-tower-s-balcony-panel-cracks-20191101-p536o3.html
The meteoric rise in housing construction and associated technology incorporated in the old and new buildings are real concern.
Rental properties need to have gas heaters checked every two years and smoke detectors every year, but I doubt there is any safety check on solar panels, especially the electrical connections and storage. At present, solar panels are god sent as a renewable energy generator. Under extreme climatic fluctuation, will the glass crack or even cause short circuit? Furthermore, the potential hazard of disposing them at the end of their useful life is taboo, not dissimilar to the use of plastic bags years ago.
Can LED devices and energy savings lights be a health hazard? Under certain atmospheric condition, I cough very badly and I can even detect some very small traces of gaseous smell, even if no one around has the same reaction. Many of these devices and lights involves with micro-fine soldering, and what chemicals used in the solder can be carcinogenous. The energy consumption may be low, but can the fine micro-electronic connections last as long without failure?
Thank you for reading.
