Is it safe to have your Famicom on top of your FDS?

[Rob64]

Is it Safe to have your famicom resting on your disk system all the time?

[PatMan33]

God I hope so!

[Doc]

Years ago, I used to do it and never had any problems. However, I don't know the long term effect...

[PatMan33]

The worst case scenario I guess would be that they run a little hotter when both are on. Otherwise I think we're safe... I mean that thermonuclear explosion that happened to that one guy was a total coincidence.

[Rob64]

Is there a long term effect?

Am I better off not leaving the famicom on the Disk system at all?

[133MHz]

Yes, it's completely safe and there are no long term effects. It's not like putting a TV set over a microwave oven over a refrigerator.
The FC and FDS are low power devices and won't interfere with each other, and the FDS works in really short bursts. Besides, they were designed to match that way.

[nintendodork]

Yeah, if they weren't, Hudson would have to recall that little frame they have to keep them together.

[Rob64]

I figured it wouldn't interfere with power but I was thinking along the lines of leaving the famicom on the disk system and if that would somehow weaken the structure of the disk system... get what I mean?

[PatMan33]

Ah yeah. It's ABS plastic, tough stuff, you've got nothing to worry about. You could probably stand on it for a decade and it'd be fine.

[nintendodork]

One strange thing I've run into with putting my Famicom on my FDS for a whille is when I try to lift it up off of the FDS, it sticks to the FDS for a little bit before coming off.  Then there's a bit of a sticky substance where the pads were sitting...

[133MHz]

The rubber feet have disintegrated with time. If you were to rub them with your fingers you'll see that a substance resembling black pepper comes out. You could apply a rubber rejuvenating solution, replace the rubber pads altogether or just live with it (that's the option I take).

[Rob64]

well what if I were to put something on top of the disk system to prevent the sticky "mess" nintendodork refferred to, such as maybe an index card on top of it

[nintendodork]

That takes away from the appearance though.  It's clear, and you can't see it unless you are hovering right over the Disk System w.o/ the Famicom.  So it's not that big of a deal to me.

[Rob64]

So I am probably better off just leaving it to the side of the disk system huh

[nintendodork]

It won't hurt your FDS in any way, and it looks better with Famicom///FDS.  Plus it takes up more room when they're side to side