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Similar to the outdated foods that cause discomfort and even poisoning, accidents such as TV explosions and electric water heater leakages caused by the use of over-age appliances have occurred every year. This has not only led to the loss of consumer property, but has even caused life-threatening. Recently, the “General Requirements for the Safe Use of Life for Household and Similar Electrical Appliances and Recycling Use†(hereinafter referred to as “General Regulationsâ€) approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has been officially implemented since May 1. The "General Rules" stipulates that manufacturers must express the period of safe use of their home appliances to consumers in a "manufacturer's self-declaration" manner, and stipulate that the period of safe use starts from the date of consumer purchase, and consumers are normal within this period. The manufacturer will assume all safety responsibilities in the event of a safety accident such as a home appliance leakage or fire.
Recently, at supermarkets, it was discovered that since May 1st, the new regulations have been implemented for two months. However, the “manufacturers are required to mark the period of safe use of their home appliances in a self-declared manner†as required by the regulations. Still an empty talk. Most consumers do not care much about the age of the appliance, but consumers who care about the lifespan of the appliance can only listen to the sales staff.
Although the country has begun to implement the relevant general rules, to remind consumers and manufacturers to always pay attention to the relative safety of home appliances, but the life span of household appliances has not caused enough attention of the majority of consumers, but the degree of attention of manufacturers is not enough. Reporters found in various supermarkets, new technologies, large sales promotion, and price reductions are overwhelming. However, on the contrary, various types of household electrical appliances sold in the stores are not marked on the label with useful dates. When consulting related home appliances, their introduction did not involve the useful life of the product. Only when reporters ask about the production date and the service life of the product, they will mention it but they are not clearly marked on the product.
“As long as you buy brand-name products, quality is generally not a big problem. There are many products in my family that have been used for more than 10 years, and no incidents have occurred.†When a reporter asked whether he knew the useful life of home appliances, Ms. White, who is consulting the washing machine, said to the reporter. In fact, there are many consumers like Ms. Bai. Most of them only care about whether the food expires, but they basically do not understand the life span of the appliances. Even if they know, they will continue to use over-age appliances because they are not willing to replace them.
Over-age appliances cost electricity and danger
According to a technical person in charge of a maintenance department, usually the TV is subject to collision, rapid cooling, sudden heat, excessive dust and dirt in the TV, or local overheating caused by a short circuit of the wire after the aging of the TV. This can cause the CRT to explode; the air conditioner has a long service life and its cooling Agents will leak out, not only polluting the environment, but also endangering health ... but these problems, consumers often do not know when the product can not use safety problems. According to him, if you do not remember the specific time of home appliance purchase, you can also identify whether the product is overage by the following methods, such as image jitter and sound abnormality of the color TV; deteriorating preservation function of the refrigerator and food odor; reduced cooling effect of the air conditioner and large noise Electric water heaters have a slight numbness during bathing. In addition, over-age appliances are not only dangerous but also quite power-consuming. Some old household appliances consume more than 40% of the original power consumption. Taking a refrigerator as an example, if the refrigerator is used for more than 10 years, its power consumption may become twice as high as it was when it was originally used.
Experts advise: It is best to replace after 8 years
Experts remind consumers that as long as the appliance itself can be used without failure, the concept is wrong. "Because of the different functions and uses of various electrical products, manufacturers have different considerations on the function and life of the product during product design. Therefore, the "General" does not impose uniform rules on the labeling of the useful life. It is only the standard. The use of 'manufacturers' self-declaration of the way' to express to consumers. This approach is in line with the market's regulatory trends." An industry source told reporters that "because of the consideration of the gap between China's home appliance companies and foreign standards, so The general standard of life provided by the General Principles is shorter than international standards. However, from the perspective of safety, we still hope that consumers can replace their home appliances after 8 years of use.
International standard for the service life of household appliances
Current international standards for the use of some home appliances: color television for 8 to 10 years; electric iron for 9 years; electric heater for 18 years; electric blanket for 8 years; Personal computers for 6 years; electric fans for 16 years; gas stoves for 16 years; electric water heaters for 12 years; washing machines for 12 years; telephone recording systems for 5 years; hair dryers for 4 years; microwave ovens for 11 years; electric shaves The knife is 4 years old.
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