Large screen flat panel display televisions, ≥30 inches, represent the vast majority of televisions sold internationally. Flat panel designs now dominate the marketplace. Modern televisions have changed dramatically in design and materials of construction from those of just 15 years ago. US market televisions did produce brominated dioxins or furans but the mass loss of these televisions was much lower. Mexican and Brazilian market televisions ignited easily with 60 s exposure to a 50 W flame. In the two cases where sustained ignition for the US market televisions occurred, it was not the flat panel display television itself which ignited, but the stand and mounting bracket which lead to fire growth. US market televisions required more than 500 W with greater than 180 s exposure to ignite and in four out of the 6 trials these televisions did not achieve sustained ignition. ![]() A total of 18 televisions were ignited and their burning behavior studied to examine the impact of materials of construction and the presence of fire retardants in the casing of the televisions on fire growth. Heat release rate, smoke, combustion gas, TO-15 vapor, and halo-dioxin and furan generation were measured. A comparison study was performed of like model televisions for the United States, Mexican and Brazilian markets. ![]() ![]() A series of flat panel television burns were performed with incrementally increasing ignition sources in a single burning item apparatus.
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