I live in an apartment building that has a shared kitchen area. Since I got here in August 2008, there has been a toaster oven on the counter. It seems to be very safe, there is plenty of space beside it and above it.
Even after operation for 10 minutes or longer, the outside is safe to touch, just warm.
Now, there is potentially going to be a veteran moving into the building, and so a veterans organization did an inspection of the building. They said the toaster oven was a fire hazard, and had to go.
So my building manager threw it out. This aggravates me greatly, because I used it frequently, and so did the others here.
If this appliance is such a major fire hazard, how come it’s legal and sold in stores and doesn’t have big warnings on it?
I don’t even see how it could cause a fire. Do people think this because of older models that got way too hot or had faulty parts? It seems like bullshit to me.
That was a personal feeling by the inspector and has no bearing on reality. I would call this organization that did the inspection and request, in writing, their reasoning.
February 26th, 2010 at 9:54 am
That was a personal feeling by the inspector and has no bearing on reality. I would call this organization that did the inspection and request, in writing, their reasoning.
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February 26th, 2010 at 10:39 am
if it was UL approved they had no right to throw it out
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