The ability to use my Macbook came to a speedy and pyrotechnic conclusion today when my 60w ‘magsafe’ power adapter reached what was obviously the end of it’s 11-month tether and burst into flames on my (also less than a year old) carpet. Clearly the “safe” is euphemistic, I just wish it said that on the box.
The magnetic adapter had been warm to the touch whenever I felt it and whatever outlet it was plugged into, but I always assumed some warmth was normal. The macbook is somehow unharmed, but the charger looks like this.
So called because if one were to trip on the cord, it would simply pop off the connection rather than drag to computer down with it. Two left feet they make provisions for; electrical fires, they do not. Handily, my house isn’t an inferno – but my new carpet has looked better.
The white outline is optimistically-applied carpet stain remover.
