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Re: Appliance Fires
Can you point us in the direction of said law George?
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http://www.kitchenkitsw.comRe: Appliance Fires
Manufacturers are of course liable for unsafe products and can be sued if an appliance causes damage and is proved unsafe.
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Dr Dill, maybe Martin and George are referring to the “reasonable time” to reject faulty goods under the Sale of Goods Act which isn’t defined in law, but could be variously interpreted as somewhere between 7 and 28 days depending on the circumstances and who you are talking to.
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Every few years we see a fire from many on driers washer driers washers and others so it is not unusual.
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True though.
Candy washer dryers and Zanussi dishwashers are two I remember well both from the late eighties from doing the mods.
K.
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This type of problem is becoming a massive problem just look at this issue with cable from another Turkish company
http://www.esc.org.uk/public/home-elect … uk-market/
11 Million meters of faulty twin and earth that a large portion may already be in the walls in your house waiting to go up.
Unbelievable.
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Just looked at a Beko mains cable and filter I have here and it has ATLAS embossed on the lead.
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madangler1 wrote:This type of problem is becoming a massive problem just look at this issue with cable from another Turkish company
http://www.esc.org.uk/public/home-elect … uk-market/
11 Million meters of faulty twin and earth that a large portion may already be in the walls in your house waiting to go up.
Unbelievable.
I hope the installers have tested the installation prior to energising and issued appropriate electrical installation certificates :rolls:God help the Consumer & Installer/ Repairerwith all this crap stuff now being released.
Regards
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/fe … guaranteed
The European Directive 1999/44/EC says all EU countries have to ensure a retailer could be held liable for all “non-conformities” which manifest within two years from delivery.However, because the Sale of Goods Act (SOGA) meets or exceeds most of the directive’s requirements, this overrides the EU directive. The act requires three things: the goods must be as described; they must be of satisfactory quality, which is determined by description, price, durability, freedom from minor defects; and they must be fit for purpose
looks like guardians got it wrong then????
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Yes it is wrong or, badly worded at best.
The two year EU Directive thingybob is essentially the EU equivalent of the six year rule in the UK, five years in Scotland. The reason for it was to try to harmonise consumer rights across Europe but, we have better consumer rights in the UK than most of the world let alone Europe.
Basically if after six months the customer cannot prove that the fault was there from new they are, to coin a phrase, on plums. Under six months old the onus is on the retailer to prove that the fault wasn’t there from new.
More that here…
http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/help/buyi … myths.html
Check by Jackal and the OFT although I wrote it. It is correct.
K.
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