my point is, (and this is what i dont understand) a baby has no understanding of most things, so should the baby never be left alone?
or suppose the baby wants to climb the tree, you and i know you cant....
same thing isnt it?, in both cases the baby was left on its own, so why not just watch the baby? (i know its easier said than done, but.....)
Of course the baby gets watched, but most 2yr olds will be left in a room on their own for sometime, and as its
so easy for this simple thing to occur.
and worrying about an RCD on the christmas lights where will it stop, onme on the tv, one on a hairdryer etc?
Hmm.. considering what happened in this case Id recommend everyone takes precautions! I never thought a baby would go over and bite a bulb but I didnt see this, other kids would of done this sometime!
so if I left the hairdryer in the room how would she get electrocuted/burnt etc,? Yeh she could turn the thing on, even tip some of her bottle on it but all this would take time and is not likely to cause problems and you'd hear the thing.
TV - How is this a problem?? Chuck a bucket of water over it, chew the **** out of the mains lead?
If you ask me you are being ignorant here and your missing the point. Xmas lights provide a very quick way to walk up to them, stick them in their mouth and bite. This can happen very quickly and is not an obvious problem to most . Even poking a piece of metal in the mains socket takes longer!
Im sure there are more hazards around the house, the other day my brother in laws son burnt his hand by trying to take the bulb out of a desk lamp! Mind you he is probably better there was a bulb in the holder!! Another risk..
What I want to know, is at what point does the fuse bulb stop this? This is what it is there for, but it clearly had no effect here.
Not sure exactly how the wire-bridge works when a bulb blows, but id say they would just burn brighter and burnout quicker!. If that many were removed eventually the voltage would be high enough that all the bulbs would quickly blow.
Probably the aerosol snow spray would touch the bulbs, that are now operating at over twice the rated voltage, and just go up in flames but as it is unlikely to have this many bulbs missing/blown they didnt bother with a ban on them!
Whats the odd fire anyway