Electrical Safety First. Product Recalls.

Is there a specific point to the post ... I think we've had the simple link posted previously?


Is it your intention to point out the 25 April recall, which given the customer-base of the manufacturer involved might affect a lot of people if they still have the product - or of which there may be loads on the second-hand market?

Hello Graham,

                       it was my intention to advertise the site for those unfamiliar with it, and to publicise the appliances that we may own or come into contact with. I am happy to assist others in matters that concern safety. After all B.S. 7671 "contains rules for the design, erection and verification of electrical installations so as to provide for safety and proper functioning for the intended use." 120.1. Perhaps plugging appliances into an electrical installation is an extension of the installation, but I reckon that the more people that know of potentially dangerous appliances  then fires and other disasters may be prevented. 


Also we may obtain appliances for customers, and we must, I am sure, be vigilant so as to supply safe appliances and other electrical items. Electrical Safety First gives warnings about recalls and similar issues.



Z.

Excellent idea.

In one of the blogs it mentioned about protection from electrical induced fires.


I have often wondered why white goods sold in the UK are allowed to have plastic backing, which can catch fire.


As shown by the Grenfell Tower fire, this construction can be very dangerous.


Peter Brooks MIET

Palm Bay Florida USA

Several years ago our microwave oven packed up, I had already bought a new one and the old one was in the garage awaiting a skip run.


Then a link was posted to the old forum and I think it was probably Zoomup who posted it to bring a MCB recall to our attention, when I clicked the link the next item on the list was our now defunct and useless microwave oven, so I put it in the boot of the car and took  it back to the store it came from. The manager asked for the receipt from when I bought it, I replied that I didn’t have the receipt having bought it around ten years prior to it packing up. That’s okay said the manager, this microwave was a product made especially for us and no one else sold them, so go and choose yourself a new microwave. 


He was rather surprised when when I chose a basic microwave and said I could choose a better one yo match the features of the old one, when I said I was happy with the one I had chosen and find not want a higher spec  model he threw a free three year warranty in for the free machine.


We then had two new microwave ovens, so I gave the free one to my mother in law.


So thanks to Zoomup, the old IET forum , Electrical Safety First, the store and the manufacturer my mother in law has a microwave for several years that she has never used.


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Good quality Microwave ovens should last about 15 years, even with regular daily use. 


My rule is always keep the booklet and receipt for any major purchase for at least 20+ years. Things happen like lamps burning out and the instruction book tells you how to replace and fix it.


Peter Brooks MIET

Palm Bay Florida USA