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| poliss |
Toy Safety RegulationsThought they might be of interest to some people. It shows concusively that Hornby Live Steam locomotives are not regarded as toys and therefore gives Tom a legitimate excuse to play with them.
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file11286.pdf |
| Teleman |
 this must mean my soldering iron is a toy
'Electric ovens, irons or other functional products operated at a nominal voltage exceeding 24 volts.' It works on 24 volts and they do a 12 volt one to
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| Joe |
Strange how some things are bipassed so quickly like a soldering gun! |
| Teleman |
They do make them
http://cpc.farnell.com/WL8100UD/t...s0?sku=cooper-tools-weller-8100ud cost £35 apx |
| Even older tom |
It makes my blood boil!
No-one with 1/2 a brain cell or more would buy a live steamer for Johnny (aged 2) because they thought it was a 'toy'. But because there might be just such an idiot in the world and dear little Johnny suffers a burn, they have to legislate for it. Nanny State. What happened to the old saying - "It's your own fault, you idiot". At least Hornby can't be blamed. Another rant over with.... sorry! |
| poliss |
You haven't seen the local chav kids around here Tom. Their parents would give them kalashnikovs to play with. They think wastepaper bins are just street decorations to be ripped off.
Anyway, it's written to try to remove confusion. Remember the arguments for replica guns? How do you tell which is a toy and which is a replica? So what you have to do when writing regulations is try to include what should be in the regs and exclude everything that shouldn't be in. It's not a job I would like to have. Some Chinese manufacturers seem to ignore the regs altogether. |
| Joe |
Toy Guns have orange tips yet BB Guns dont? |