According to London Fire Brigade, they are calling for manufacturers to use
metal rather than cheaper plastic to make the backs of fridges in order to
protect flammable polyurethane insulation from components that could cause a
blaze. They added US fridges have metal back while the EU has not r
It's not quite 'resistance', it's more a matter of different priorities. US
safety standards major on protection against fire because they were originated
by the insurance industry (Underwriters Laboratory) for obvious financial
reasons, while European safety standards major on prevention of el
John, thanks for background info!
LFB said one fire every day in London is caused by white goods. It is a
horrible figure!
Grenfell Tower Fire is a bit different from previous ones and had another risk
of non-approved insulation and cladding tiles on the outer wall of building.
It is still u
Here's a slightly dated but popular US magazine article with a table near
the end that supports John's closing thought about rarity of fridge fires
compared to tumble-dryer fires (1:9 ratio).
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/03/appliance-fires-is-your-home-safe/index.htm
Cheers,
Hi Adam,
The info supplied is interesting! Yes, it aligns with John’s thought.
However, the recalled units are quite different – 5,200 vs 1.2 m. In the UK,
there are a few million recalls of clothes dryers in last few years – that is
quite different from US data. Is there similar data of
Scott
Look on the EU Commission RAPEX site:
http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumers_safety/safety_products/rapex/alerts/
Actually, don’t if you want to sleep tonight!
John E Allen
W.London, UK
From: Scott Xe [mailto:scott...@gmail.com]
Sent: 25 June 2017 12:34
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSE
Here's another good UK data source for incidents, not recalls:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables
The "Domestic appliance fires dataset" file near the bottom can be parsed
by appliance type.
Cheers,
Adam
adam.di...@ieee.org
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at
John,
Thanks for your pointer but where does not provide similar fire statistics like
CR.
Regards,
Scott
From: John Allen
Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017 at 7:42 PM
To: 'Scott Xe' ,
Subject: RE: [PSES] Metal back of US fridge - Grenfell Tower Fire
Scott
Look on the EU Commi
Adam,
It is a good statistics!
Actually US now also adopts UL EN 60335-2-24 as their safety standard. Does UL
have deviation for US in this standard as suggested by John?
Thanks and regards,
Scott
From: Adam Dixon
Reply-To: Adam Dixon
Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017 at 7:52 PM
To
The United States has significant national differences.
Many U.S. national standards have very strict flammability requirement for
larger areas of materials used indoors. The basic requirement applies when you
have a piece of material longer than 6 feet (2 meters) or greater than 10
square feet
Hi Ted,
Very appreciate your useful information! It tells me why I could not find
it in the product specific safety requirement in UL 250 & UL 60335-2-14.
According to testing laboratories, they claim the plastic back, HIPS is
allowed but must meet fire retardant UL-94 5VA rating, otherwise meta
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