Slightly too much excitement for a Tuesday...

[DCBassman]

Tumble dryer fire. Not one of the recently recalled Whirlpool line. Got it quick with a dry powder extinguisher, so no other damage done, just a lot of mess to clean up. Fire service excellent.
Feeling a bit frazzled...

 

[classic33]

No-one hurt?

 

[DCBassman]

No, all good, just very alarming.

 

[classic33]

Wasn't a White Knight by any chance?

 

[ColinJ]

Yikes - good job you caught it!

@Littgull once told me that he never leaves his running when he goes out because of the fire risk. I thought he was being over-cautious but with all the recent publicity I see that there IS a risk.

My tumble dryer is in my cellar so I might not realise that there was a problem until a fire took hold. I'll put a smoke detector down there to be on the safe side, and will also stop leaving it on when I go out.

 

[biggs682]

I thought this was about round 2 of the Tory leadership battle

 

[classic33]

https://www.whiteknightrange.co.uk/white-knight-tumble-dryers.html

Still make some of the philips ones at Hipperholme.

 

[tom73]

Glad it true out ok just show's an extinguisher is always handy.

Think I will stick to the clothes horse and a line out the back.

 

[lazybloke]

Yikes - good job you caught it!

@Littgull once told me that he never leaves his running when he goes out because of the fire risk. I thought he was being over-cautious but with all the recent publicity I see that there IS a risk.

My tumble dryer is in my cellar so I might not realise that there was a problem until a fire took hold. I'll put a smoke detector down there to be on the safe side, and will also stop leaving it on when I go out.

Would you hear a smoke alarm in the cellar? Might be the perfect application for linked alarms.

 

[Dirk]

It's Tuesday???!!!

 

[ColinJ]

Would you hear a smoke alarm in the cellar? Might be the perfect application for linked alarms.

The sofa that I normally sit on is in the room above the cellar and I am directly above the tumble dryer. The cellar does not have a plaster ceiling, just some insulation and then the floorboards for this room. Next time I have a guest here I will get them to take a smoke alarm to the cellar and press the test button. I can hear the rumbling of the dryer when it is working so I think I would hear an alarm.

There is a good chance that I would smell smoke coming up through the floorboards anyway (!!!) but I'd rather not wait to find out ...

 

[ColinJ]

It's Tuesday???!!!

I get that feeling all the time!

In my booze-soaked 20s I once tried to arrange the regular Friday night p***-up with my mates, only to discover that it was then Sunday evening and we had not only already had our Friday night out, but we'd done Saturday night too!

 

[DCBassman]

FYI - a 9kg Candy/Hoover.

 

[classic33]

FYI - a 9kg Candy/Hoover.

None of these?
Model numbers affected are:
D6986, D6988, D6990, DFO30, SF110, SF111, SF210 & SF211.

With serial numbers: 62100000 to 72609999.

 

[fossyant]

There has been something like 2m recalled !!!