Thread: Don't leave home with appliances on- a lesson

Huh?
Who would ever crawl under the sink to turn off the dishwasher when they go to work?
Thats like saying "better not go outside or you might be hit by a meteor."
That would have to be very very rare. I have never heard of a dishwasher catching fire in my whole life.(until now that is 58 years on Monday)
I am sure someone will have the figures on houses catching fire from exploding dishwashers. Hey he wasn't cleaning the fuel tank in it was he?
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Huh?
Who would ever crawl under the sink to turn off the dishwasher when they go to work?
Thats like saying "better not go outside or you might be hit by a meteor."
That would have to be very very rare. I have never heard of a dishwasher catching fire in my whole life.(until now that is 58 years on Monday)
I am sure someone will have the figures on houses catching fire from exploding dishwashers. Hey he wasn't cleaning the fuel tank in it was he?
Regards Philip A

i think what he is saying is don't leave home while appliances are operating in cycle

Originally Posted by disco_thrasher

i think what he is saying is don't leave home while appliances are operating in cycle

Yes that is what I meant.
Yes this is the first I have heard of a dishwasher catching fire.
Clothes dryers and washing machines are also caulprits oh causing house fires

Poor Bloke.

Never heard of that happening either.

Clothes dryers are the major culprit.
Its amazing to me how few people put a foam lint filter in, and you go in the laundry and its covered in lint!!!LOL
I once went into a friends garage where they had the dryer and the beams and crevices in the walls were thick with it.
You have to think people are a bit thick if they cannot see the danger.
Regards Philip A

I used to do a lot of insurance repairs and still do some assesing for a mate who owns a fire and flood restoration company.
From what I have seen, any electrical appliance can catch on fire. Have seen dishwashers, all sorts of stereos, computers and monitors, tv's etc all catch fire. Even one of my own tv.s was close to catching fire, lucky I was home that day.
Safest thing to do is turn the appliance off at the switch (or at the wall is better).
By the way, if any of you use those flexible braided water hoses in your houses I suggest you replace them with real copper pipe!


Ian

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Huh?
Who would ever crawl under the sink to turn off the dishwasher when they go to work?
Thats like saying "better not go outside or you might be hit by a meteor."
That would have to be very very rare. I have never heard of a dishwasher catching fire in my whole life.(until now that is 58 years on Monday)
I am sure someone will have the figures on houses catching fire from exploding dishwashers. Hey he wasn't cleaning the fuel tank in it was he?
Regards Philip A

I had a washing machine catch fire, it wasn't operating at the time, just plugged in with the power point switch in the on position, my mates shop burnt down from his computer which was on Standby overnight, scary, Regards Frank.

I'm sure our dishwasher has developed its own consciousness! It turns itself on and spins whenever it feels like it and I can't turn it off because it's hard wired in. I can't pull the fuse either because the whole kitchen is wired through the same breaker