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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2017.31.5.070

Study on Fire Risk of Air Conditioner through Fire Cases  

Choi, Seung-Bok (Dept. of Fire & Explosion Investigation Team Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency)
Choi, Don-Mook (Dept. of Building Equipment System & Fire Protection Eng. Gachon Univ.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.31, no.5, 2017 , pp. 70-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the quality of live gets better, the frequency of using air conditioner is along drastically increasing. On that matter, setting up measures of preventing increasing fire cases has been required. 43,413 fire cases occurred in last 2016, the cases occurred by electricity account for about 20%(8,655 cases). Among the electricity cases, the amount of cases occurred with air conditioner issues covers 1.5%; causes of the fire incidents vary, including incomplete contacts, short circuits, tracking, and such. In this study, we intend to investigate the case of ignition at the connection point where the power cord connected to the outdoor unit is arbitrarily connected during the air conditioner installation process, and to propose preventive measures against the cause in order to reduce the damage of life as well as the property from electric fire incidents.
Keywords
Fire Investigation; Electric Fire; Air Conditioner Fire;
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