On Nov 4, 1:29 am, wrote:
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On Oct 31, 9:18 pm, "Androcles" wrote:
"Urman" wrote in ...
|I am in the UK and have an old portable electric heater.
So donate it to a museum or scrap yard.
Why, FFS? It may well be just as serviceable and safe as when it was
manufactured. On the other hand it may need a thorough safety check,
still doesn't mean it's scrap. We all put too much store in modern
"safety" legislation whan all that is needed is a little common sense,
although a decent education system wouldn't go amiss.

A neighbour of mine recently asked me if I knew of anyone interested
in a Betamax VCR. I told him he had to be joking and found one
on e-bay to show him, £0.99.

Different issue entirely. Betamax has been superceded and requires a
ready supply of consumables (tapes) to be effective. Electric heating
is still widely used and the consumables are still widely available to
the vast majority of homes in the country.

What else would you have us dump, just because something more modern is
available? Should all new Mums give up breast feeding just because it's
as old as the ark?

MBQI agree with you in general, but not in this specific case. Heaters
several decades old are routinely risky appliances, frequently with
bare live parts, insulation in very poor condition, and often no
effective cordgrip and/or perished rubber wire. With an old cloth
rubber cord it sounds that age. I would not use it without a proper
checkup first.

So, actually, you do agree in this case as I said "it may need a
thorough safety check".

MBQ