'Dangerous' carbon monoxide alarms removed from Amazon and eBay
'Dangerous' carbon monoxide alarms removed from Amazon and eBay
22 June 2018
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Which tested four alarms and believes there are dozens more that are equally dangerous
Dozens of carbon monoxide alarms sold via Amazon and eBay have been taken offline after failing safety tests.Consumer watchdog Which? said some of the alarms seemed identical to ones that had failed tests in 2016.Three of the unbranded devices, made in China, repeatedly failed to sound when carbon monoxide was present.Which? said there were flaws in the UK's current product testing system. It advised anyone owning one of the alarms to replace it immediately.Consumers should contact the company they had bought it from and request a refund, it said. Most of the devices are unbranded with no model number but all resemble the picture shown above.
Alex Neill, Which? managing director of home products and services, said: "It's extremely concerning that these un…
22 June 2018
Image copyright
Which
Image caption
Which tested four alarms and believes there are dozens more that are equally dangerous
Dozens of carbon monoxide alarms sold via Amazon and eBay have been taken offline after failing safety tests.Consumer watchdog Which? said some of the alarms seemed identical to ones that had failed tests in 2016.Three of the unbranded devices, made in China, repeatedly failed to sound when carbon monoxide was present.Which? said there were flaws in the UK's current product testing system. It advised anyone owning one of the alarms to replace it immediately.Consumers should contact the company they had bought it from and request a refund, it said. Most of the devices are unbranded with no model number but all resemble the picture shown above.
Alex Neill, Which? managing director of home products and services, said: "It's extremely concerning that these un…