New regulations for home appliance safety define the useful life of home appliances

The “General Requirements for the Safe Use of Household Appliances and Similar Electrical Appliances and Recycling and Use” has been implemented, and the “Detailed Rules for the Safe Use of Household Appliances” relating to this have been introduced at the same time.

The "General Rules" stipulates the "retirement" age of household appliances, and provides detailed regulations on the service life and recycling of home appliances. The period of safe use indicated on home appliances is clearly indicated to consumers by the “manufacturer's self-declaration” and should not be less than the “three guarantees” period of major parts and components in the “Repair and Replacement Liability Regulations for Household Appliance Repairs, Replacement and Responsibility”. .

Experts remind consumers that all home appliances have a safe life, which is the same as food safety shelf life. If it exceeds the shelf life, it should be scrapped, otherwise it will increase security risks. Household appliances that exceed the safe use period will also consume more power. General old household appliances consume more than 40% of the original electricity consumption.

Some years of reference for the safe use of home appliances: Color TV for 8 to 10 years, electric water heaters for 8 years, refrigerators for 12 to 16 years, rice cookers for 10 years, air conditioners for 8 to 10 years, gas stoves for 8 years, washing machines for 8 years, hair dryers for 4 years, Personal computers for 6 years, microwave ovens for 10 years, fans for 10 years, vacuum cleaners for 8 years.