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Follow on Google News | A ‘dried Out’ Christmas Tree With Hot Fairy Lights, Is Like Having A "bomb In Your Home”.Keep old fashioned 'hot' fairy lights well away from real Christmas trees. Old fashioned mains replaceable fariy lights should be banned says Managing Director of Lights4fun.co.uk.
By: Lights4fun Ltd Tim Naughton, Managing Director of Lights4fun.co.uk is campaigning for a ban on the future sale of mains replaceable indoor fairy lights in the United Kingdom. He advises “mains replaceable fairy lights provide a significant risk of electrocution for inexperienced users and are a real fire hazard when they become hot.” Tim says “I can’t believe that a product so dated and potentially dangerous is still widely available in Europe. Low voltage LED lights are the ideal solution for indoor Christmas decorations. They are relatively inexpensive; UK Christmas statistics from 2003: 6,000 people taken to hospital on Christmas day 80,000 people visit A&E over the festive period 350 people taken to A&E with injuries relating to Christmas lights i.e. falling from ladders or electrocution UK homes are three times more likely to have a fire at Christmas than any other time (Source ROSPA 2003 & Churchill’s Insurance 2003) # # # Lights4fun.co.uk is the UK’s leading online supplier of high quality indoor and outdoor connectable decorative LED lighting. Website: www.lights4fun.co.uk End
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