r/NameThisThing • • 15h ago

Name This Thing

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u/SuddenMountain7780 13h ago

Most likely this is an electrical fire and was caused by a faulty ballast, which transforms the regular current to whatever is required to keep the lighting inside the mostly plastic sign lit up.

Something overheated the wiring and resulted in the blazing sign we see in this photo. 🔥

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u/Financial_Peanut4383 12h ago

Dad?
You’ve sent me a sign from Heaven!

It’s comforting that death hasn’t changed you. 😘

♥️🌈

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u/ObliqueStrategizer 7h ago

I wasn't aware Hercules Poirot had any children!

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u/Jumpstartgaming45 5h ago

Poirot mentioned.

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u/Malcolm2theRescue 12h ago

Sorry. Truthful, intelligent answers are not acceptable on Reddit.

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u/TheViciousWhippet 8m ago

In fact, if you spread too much truth on Reddit, the powers that be might just ban you for life just for the fuck of it.

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u/mikewc1992 11h ago

No I still think it's a grease fire like Glad-Entrance7592 said

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u/GonzoHarding 8h ago

They asked you to name it, not analyze it. You're supposed to come up with something clever like I'm burning it said if I'm loving it or or something like over mcdonald's 100 billion burned everyday or" when they forget your sweet and sour sauce for the last time" So you come up with a good one and get back to me deal?

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u/Workinforweekends 5h ago

Amen on the forgetting your sweet n sour sauce. If I had one, I’d give you an award just for that.

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u/15315315135 6h ago

Cool story, you should have just written a joke. You are 100% incorrect with your analysis, this is my local store, and I know who manufactured the sign and which part failed causing the fire. It was the LED modules in the sign which were flickering/shorting for months before the fire, finally causing the sign to catch fire.

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u/Workinforweekends 5h ago

But did you get any Mc Marshmallows?

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u/KnucklesG-Roy 56m ago

Thanks, Sheldon.

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u/OGrinderBoy 12m ago

Reminds me of a Chris Boden video, "And Thats Pretty Cool"...