subject: Useful Life Of Appliances Required To Understand The Damage Not Bad Not-for-more - Tv Explosion, [print this page] "Household and similar electrical appliances life span and recycling General" (the "General") on May 1 this year come into force. The "General" provisions of the
Home Appliances
"Retirement" age. Manufacturers of home appliances to indicate the safety of its production life span, and to provide safe service life from the purchase date and the consumer. Consumers in this period occurred under normal use appliance leakage, fire and other accidents, manufacturers will assume all security responsibilities.
Recently, the reporter visited the city and found a number of stores, "General" has been implemented for several months, but required "manufacturers to self-declaration form, the production of home appliances in its safe use of life marked" or not received sufficient attention. Most consumers do not care about the age limit for use of home appliances, and home appliances are used to care about life of consumers, can only introduce one-sided hearing salesman.
"General"
Appliance manufacturers to indicate on the safe use of life
According to relevant survey, and food and beverage packaging clearly marked in practice than the date of production, a long time, the market of home appliances production dates in the majority are not visible, and there is no specific security label useful life. As appliances are large durable consumer goods, consumers tend to hold when in use, "not bad not change" concept, the appliances used in the end the neglect of one of its useful life, and the resulting extended use of electric appliances is widespread . In recent years due to old
TV
Machine exploded, the old
Water Heater
Leakage, extended the old gas stove and other appliances caused by gas leakage accident occur.
Years of safe use of home appliances manufacturer has not received enough attention. Home appliances dwell function, almost none of the useful life safety mark. As manufacturers do not indicate that consumers have no way of knowing that after purchase the safe use of household appliances to buy period. To change this situation, on May 1, the "General" and supporting "the safe use of household appliances life Regulations" (hereinafter "Rules") formally implemented, in which the useful life of the home the detailed provisions and requirements Appliances products as indicated on the safe use of life is "self-declaration form manufacturers" to express the consumer and not less than "return home appliance repair replacement responsibility provides that" the main components of the "three guarantees" life. Indicated in the safe use of factory life, the normal use of consumer safety accidents occur when household appliances, manufacturers will bear all responsibilities.
visit
Seller consumers do not know a life of home appliances
Reporters in the urban areas of a home appliance store to see new technology, energy, dazzling special promotional signs, but did not sell all kinds of household electrical appliances are marked with safety instructions and other related useful life. In the sales of a brand
Rice cooker
The counter before the sales staff to sell up enthusiastically to reporters: "This product liner is thicker, and can extend service life, good quality." When asked in a rice cooker for safe use of life when a few years , sales staff, said general use in 2034 is no problem, if well maintained, with 2078 also mention.
When a reporter referred to "General" the relevant provisions, the salesman said, appliances are not food, never heard of home appliances also need to explain the use number of years. Subsequently, the reporter interviewed several other appliance stores, also found that sales staff to consult the relevant customer appliances, the introduction of the appliances did not involve use of the product life, the product also were not clearly marked.
"My family and some electrical appliances are used more than 10 years, like the previous Diamond card
Fan
, With a dozen two years, and shell are rusty, neither willing to throw. "During the interview, some consumers say so. It is understood that many consumers are not aware of household appliances have life, even know, and always hope we can use a few years. Therefore, the holders of home appliances," not bad not for "point of view and a lot of people.
hidden
Electrical appliance extended service charges and dangerous
Years, according to maintenance work in the urban Qiaodong appliance maintenance department of a master Chen introduced the concept in people's daily consumption, the appliances as long as no failure, you can continue using it, in fact, this is a consumer misconceptions general household appliances are all life, and home appliance extended service fee both electric and dangerous.
