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ESF petition: 'dangerous electricals on online marketplaces'

Nathaniel
https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/stop-the-sale-of-dangerous-electrical-goods-on-online-marketplaces 

"Stop the sale of dangerous electricals on online marketplaces:  In the UK, online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay and Wish are not bound to the same laws as traditional retailers. ..."


I don't usually sign petitions, but this is a subject I've thought of many times when seeing equipment that's imported from far-off sellers with the help and profit of online marketplaces that claim to be UK ones. It may look good and do its main task adequately, but a little time or closer inspection often shows big problems for safety: lack of isolation clearance between the mains and output of chargers, solder joints that break and arc at the input socket, wires that split in weeks, hideous RF emissions, wires with a small proportion of the actual copper area that they state on the sheath, etc, etc.  I feel doubtful whether ESF will reach its 100 000 target anyway, but perhaps some others here can be interested to support them in this attempt. 

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    Chris Pearson:
    On a brighter note, my 60 year old toaster went phut this morning. I have put in my last and rather delicate spare element from an even older model, but I have also placed an order for one of each (left and right-sided) new old stock through fleabay. ?



    Ancient toasters remind me of this one of several graphic examples of dangerous situations, from the 1929 book "Rural Electrification" (A. Ekstroem and V. Ekstroem).  Weren't illustrations better in those days?  This one is supposed to indicate the danger of earthing a chassis, when in an otherwise fairly insulating environment.  It seems toasters then were like small electric fires, toasting one side at a time.  I hope yours recovers itself with the new parts.  My 65 year-old Belling fire still runs well.  



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    Chris Pearson:
    On a brighter note, my 60 year old toaster went phut this morning. I have put in my last and rather delicate spare element from an even older model, but I have also placed an order for one of each (left and right-sided) new old stock through fleabay. ?



    Ancient toasters remind me of this one of several graphic examples of dangerous situations, from the 1929 book "Rural Electrification" (A. Ekstroem and V. Ekstroem).  Weren't illustrations better in those days?  This one is supposed to indicate the danger of earthing a chassis, when in an otherwise fairly insulating environment.  It seems toasters then were like small electric fires, toasting one side at a time.  I hope yours recovers itself with the new parts.  My 65 year-old Belling fire still runs well.  



    5071a9756dacccf17c32d6b4d597618b-original-toast_1929.jpg


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