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> They want cheap. The UK had a catastrophic fire potentially caused by a cheap fridge freezer. White goods cause a few house fires. This page says 5 a day:
by DanBC 7y ago
> They want cheap.
The UK had a catastrophic fire potentially caused by a cheap fridge freezer.
White goods cause a few house fires.
This page says 5 a day: https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2017/07/five-fires-per-day-caused-by-white-goods-in-england/ https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/media-centre/press-...
This page says 60 per week: https://news.sky.com/story/eight-house-fires-a-week-caused-by-faulty-white-goods-11250607 https://news.sky.com/story/eight-house-fires-a-week-caused-b...
We need white goods to be safer, and people don't chose safer, they choose cheaper, so we need regulations.
- jonatron 7y agoThe safety reduction was mostly due to changing from non-flammable but o-zone depleting CFCs to highly flammable but non o-zone depleting refrigerants.