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Fire risks in appliances

Category Page This is a category list of all my articles related to fire risks in appliances. Some warnings are specific to one appliance, but some are relevant to anyone with an appliance. Sadly, appliance fires are relatively common but many risks can be avoided or mitigated by following advice. Make the effort to scroll through the article list - some advice could save a serious incident.

Updated November 11, 2020 : First Published February 10, 2010

Samsung RS21 and RS60 fridge freezers safety notice

Fire Risk

Samsung have had to organise a “home-visit & repair programme” to deal with a potential fire risk in their RS21 and RS60 range fridge freezers. Their own announcement on their web site said that “in very rare cases, there is the potential for internal sparking to occur and in consequence, damage to the appliance.” However,

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Filed Under: Fridges & Freezers Tagged With: Fire risks, Refrigeration safety, Safety notices fridge and freezers, Safety Notices-All -

Updated October 15, 2020 : First Published November 25, 2009

Safety notice on Gorenje fridge-freezers

Danger

Gorenje have issued a customer safety notice regarding a couple of models on their fridge-freezer range but they are a bit vague about the exact nature of the danger, which isn’t helpful Full details were on the Gorenje web site but my link Safety notice concerning certain models of fridge-freezers RKI ORA E and RK

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Filed Under: Fridges & Freezers Tagged With: Fire risks, Refrigeration safety, Safety notices fridge and freezers, Safety Notices-All - Leave a Comment

Updated October 21, 2020 : First Published October 19, 2009

Built in Ovens Safety Notice Potential Fire Risk

Fire Risk

Electrolux, Moffat and Tricity Bendix built in ovens safety notice A safety notice has been issued involving built in ovens manufactured by Electrolux under the Electrolux, Moffat and Tricity Bendix brands. The issue involves single built in electric ovens (no product purchased before March 2007 is affected). Quote: Our quality control programme has identified under

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Filed Under: Cookers & Ovens Tagged With: Cookers and ovens safety notices, Fire risks, Safety Notices-All - Leave a Comment

Updated October 27, 2020 : First Published April 8, 2009

Tumble Drying Duvet Fire Risk

Fire Risk

I received an email from John in Ireland regarding an incident with his new tumble dryer. His daughter put a single duvet into the dryer to dry, shortly after he smelt burning and opened the dryer door to find the duvet was smouldering with smoke and a huge hole had burned through it. Consulting his

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Updated October 28, 2020 : First Published March 20, 2008

John Lewis JLDWW1201 dishwasher safety notice

Fire Risk

The other day I posted about the AEG-Electrolux dishwasher safety notice but bizarrely the important safety notice publicity doesn’t mention the John Lewis dishwasher, which is made by the AEG-Electrolux group and apparently similarly affected. As it happens I popped into a John Lewis store this morning and they had a safety notice on the

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Filed Under: Dishwashers Tagged With: Dishwasher safety, Fire risks, Safety notices dishwashers, Safety Notices-All - 4 Comments

Updated October 20, 2020 : First Published March 18, 2008

Safety Notice Electrolux, AEG and Zanussi Dishwashers

Fire Risk

This is now a very old safety notice. The following notice was published in the national press regarding : AEG Electrolux Zanussi & Electrolux DISHWASHERS. “Our quality control programme has identified that a purchased connector component presents a potential risk of fire in some series of Electrolux, AEG-Electrolux and Zanussi-Electrolux dishwashers. No product bought before

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Filed Under: Dishwashers Tagged With: Dishwasher safety, Fire risks, Safety notices dishwashers, Safety Notices-All - 22 Comments

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