Whatever happened to the testing for flame retardation. When I worked fro a
company making tvs, all the critical components were tested by actually
trying to set one on fire and even pcbs had a push out rectangle you could
batch test with.
The most flammable bit of those tvs was the glue holding the veneer to the
chipboard cabinets. Yes it was that long ago. They also had to retain an
imploding CRT so chards of glass were not accelerated into the user!

Brian

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On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:32:56 -0800 (PST),
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On Tuesday, 17 December 2019 16:07:21 UTC, GB wrote:
It's unlikely to cause a serious fire, and
indeed, according to the BBC, there have been none.

"Some, about 20%, of the Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines sold since
2014 are affected by the fault. Up to 519,000 washing machines sold in the
UK are involved. Seventy-nine fires are thought to have been caused by the
fault which develops over time, according to Whirlpool, which owns the
brands."

I don't know if it was one of these brands, but I know someone who had a
washing machine fire. If they had been out of the house, or hadn't dragged
the machine out of the kitchen door, they'd probably have lost the house.

Ditto with a mate of mine back in the late 1980's, an AEG washing
machine, costing an arm and a leg and just a few months old decided to
burst into flames just as they were going to bed. Fortunately it was
unpluggable and a few buckets of water eventually put the flames out.
Five minutes later and the whole kitchen would have been alight.