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cavemanoc said:
There are two possibilities with the 'massive risk of explosion':

1: there is a circuit made in the phone that could cause arching and hence a miniscule risk of fire/death/apocolypse

2: The signal was energy (0.25W) that can induce a current in other devices (ever receive a call sitting in front of your speakers?) and that current could then cause arching.

It's a tiny risk - but then some people play the lottery...
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On point 1 - compare that to starting a car, using a remote to lock the car etc on a station forecourt.

On point 2 - there are plenty of other sources of energy that will induce a current, and these are present all the time.

The banning of mobiles on petrol station forecourts is just the result of some over cautious half wits. A M&S synthetic jumper poses more of a risk! :p
 
firstborn said:
The banning of mobiles on petrol station forecourts is just the result of some over cautious half wits. A M&S synthetic jumper poses more of a risk! :p
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Shhhhhhhh!!!! For God's sake don't go giving them any ideas ;)
 
firstborn said:
The banning of mobiles on petrol station forecourts is just the result of some over cautious half wits. A M&S synthetic jumper poses more of a risk! :p
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iirc, Mythbusters managed to set a simulated forecourt fire off with nylon knickers. :D
 
ElRazur said:
I was just about to say, they did it with 100 mobile phones and it was still raw as raw at the end of it all.
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yup i saw that too
they had 200 mobile phones there! 100 to make the calls and the rest were just surrounding the egg :)
 
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