8pints & JohnInKansas -

John wins!! It seemed safer to leave it sitting surrounded by tiles than wood if it was going to do something feral like get hot & maybe explode!!

I remember reading about some folks getting burned by using a laptop in their lap & mine left the table very hot in its early days before I decided to sit it on the heatproof glass. I'll remember the hints about using books to let air get around it, or else use the electric fan to cool it down.

sandra
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