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| Authored by: tiger99 on Thursday, May 02 2013 @ 07:45 AM EDT |
| This is fairly routine, as almost every domestic appliance manufacturer has had
a number of similar recalls over the years. I don't know why such defects get
missed at the design stage, but the fact is that they do, and probably always
will, people being human. What utterly disgusts me is that some manufacturers,
in various fields, do not fix things properly, apparently because doing so may
amount to an admission of legal liability. They disguise the fix as an
improvement for some other reason, rather than a safety fix. Two come to mind,
the Monopoly X-Box mains connector fire probl;em (not fixed at all by supplying
a new mains lead, which is not the part that was faulty, and the fire risk
remains), and the McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 cargo door, also not fixed properly. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 03 2013 @ 06:29 PM EDT |
If any of the washing machines or dryers at the laundromat I use were to catch
fire, the only thing to do would be to evacuate the building, and then call the
fire department, advising them that they will need to get the power turned off.
This is because the laundromat is unattended, and the plugs are neatly hidden
behind, and under the washers and dryers. The electrical outlets are about 30
millimetres above the floor. There are no floor drains.
The fuse box is in the electrical room, which kept locked.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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