Electric blankets
and portable heaters
Electric blankets
Electric blankets cause hundreds of fires a year, but there are simple ways to stop that happening to you.
If your blanket (or its flex) shows any of these danger signs, you should have it checked or replaced:
- Scorch marks
- Fraying fabric
- Exposed elements
- Creasing or folding
- Soiling
- Damp patches
- Tie tapes damaged or missing
- Worn flex
- Loose connections
- An old BEAB safety mark – a round symbol. This means it is more than 10 years old.
If in doubt …. throw it out
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Warwickshire Trading Standards Service is providing FREE Electric Blanket Testing for over 50s in Warwickshire at the following venues near you:
Monday 1st October 2018 - Stratford Briar Croft
Tuesday 2nd October 2018 - Leamington Town Hall
Wednesday 3rd October 2018 - Rugby Fire Station
Thursday 4th October 2018 - Kenilworth Library
Friday 5th October 2018 - Nuneaton Fire Station
Book today by calling the Trading Standards Service on: 01926 414024 (9am - 5pm) or email: ebtesting@warwickshire.gov.uk
Warwickshire Trading Standards Service is providing FREE Electric Blanket Testing for over 50s in Warwickshire at the following venues near you:
Monday 1st October 2018 - Stratford Briar Croft
Tuesday 2nd October 2018 - Leamington Town Hall
Wednesday 3rd October 2018 - Rugby Fire Station
Thursday 4th October 2018 - Kenilworth Library
Friday 5th October 2018 - Nuneaton Fire Station
Book today by calling the Trading Standards Service on: 01926 414024 (9am - 5pm) or email: ebtesting@warwickshire.gov.uk
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