Posted by Sacha on August 29, 2011, 6:31 am
Never, ever go out or go to bed and leave machines running. We've just
had a fire in the house kitchen, caused by the dishwasher bursting into
flames. Thank heavens for smoke alarms and for fire brigades. Four
years ago, the washing machine caught fire and the man who fitted the
new one told us he'd known 3 do that in 12 months. One resulted in the
house being burned down. All is well here apart from a messy kitchen
and some slightly frazzled nerves!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Bill Grey on August 29, 2011, 7:27 am
> Never, ever go out or go to bed and leave machines running. We've just
> had a fire in the house kitchen, caused by the dishwasher bursting into
> flames. Thank heavens for smoke alarms and for fire brigades. Four years
> ago, the washing machine caught fire and the man who fitted the new one
> told us he'd known 3 do that in 12 months. One resulted in the house
> being burned down. All is well here apart from a messy kitchen and some
> slightly frazzled nerves!
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon
Very good regarding domesticappliances. My dishwasher will never burst into
flames - she's too old :-)
Bill
Posted by Chris Hogg on August 29, 2011, 7:32 am
>Never, ever go out or go to bed and leave machines running. We've just
>had a fire in the house kitchen, caused by the dishwasher bursting into
>flames. Thank heavens for smoke alarms and for fire brigades. Four
>years ago, the washing machine caught fire and the man who fitted the
>new one told us he'd known 3 do that in 12 months. One resulted in the
>house being burned down. All is well here apart from a messy kitchen
>and some slightly frazzled nerves!
It wasn't by any chance a Bosch, Neff or Siemens branded one was it?
We recently had a circular in the post from BSH Home Appliances
warning that a limited number of these machines might have a faulty
component that could overheat and catch fire. Batch numbers were in
the range FD 7901 to FD 8504. They gave a web site where you could
register to get the part replaced FOC by an engineer who would call on
you. Ours comes in about two weeks.
We run both our dishwasher and washing machine overnight, to take
advantage of Economy 7 cheap rate lectrickery.
--
Chris
Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales
Posted by Sacha on August 29, 2011, 9:05 am
>
>> Never, ever go out or go to bed and leave machines running. We've just
>> had a fire in the house kitchen, caused by the dishwasher bursting into
>> flames. Thank heavens for smoke alarms and for fire brigades. Four
>> years ago, the washing machine caught fire and the man who fitted the
>> new one told us he'd known 3 do that in 12 months. One resulted in the
>> house being burned down. All is well here apart from a messy kitchen
>> and some slightly frazzled nerves!
>
> It wasn't by any chance a Bosch, Neff or Siemens branded one was it?
> We recently had a circular in the post from BSH Home Appliances
> warning that a limited number of these machines might have a faulty
> component that could overheat and catch fire. Batch numbers were in
> the range FD 7901 to FD 8504. They gave a web site where you could
> register to get the part replaced FOC by an engineer who would call on
> you. Ours comes in about two weeks.
>
> We run both our dishwasher and washing machine overnight, to take
> advantage of Economy 7 cheap rate lectrickery.
Thanks for that but no, ours was none of these.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Christina Websell on August 29, 2011, 3:33 pm
>> We run both our dishwasher and washing machine overnight, to take
> advantage of Economy 7 cheap rate lectrickery.
I do too, for the same reason. Although I don't have a dishwasher, my
washing machine is a Bosch. Eeek. Now you've both scared me.
Tina
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> had a fire in the house kitchen, caused by the dishwasher bursting into
> flames. Thank heavens for smoke alarms and for fire brigades. Four years
> ago, the washing machine caught fire and the man who fitted the new one
> told us he'd known 3 do that in 12 months. One resulted in the house
> being burned down. All is well here apart from a messy kitchen and some
> slightly frazzled nerves!
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon