Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall
Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34901765
A "significant" number of tumble dryers sold in the last 11 years in the UK may need a repair owing to fears about fires.
Owners of large air-vented dryers and condensing dryers under the Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda brands may need to have them fixed.
Indesit said that excess fluff could catch the heating element in the machine and cause a fire.
It is recalling many dryers bought between April 2004 and October 2015.
Hotpoint
Indesit
Creda
http://safety.hotpoint.eu
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Re: Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall
My mother in law was always talking about this, we had to have our drier fixed a few month back so I asked the guy that came out. Apparently you get a build up of drier lint / fluff round the drum in the large open space and it can catch fire either by touching an element or more commonly the static generated causes the fluff to catch fire.
Re: Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall
Important to clean the lint filter after every use (improves performance too!) and I use the vacuum cleaner on the vent pipe every so often too, amazing the fluff that comes out, and this is all from the clothes!
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I am proud to say I have never owned a drier! but thank you for the warning :)
Re: Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall
I have one, but I think I have used it twice in the last 18 months. Just takes a bit of planning and a eye on the weather forecast!
Re: Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall
you solar panel boys..... ;)
Re: Fire risks prompt tumble dryer recall
Quote:
Originally Posted by
peterb
I have one, but I think I have used it twice in the last 18 months. Just takes a bit of planning and a eye on the weather forecast!
Easy to say if you don't live in Manchester :p