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HELP-YOURSELVES OPTION:
With the help of the VIDEO it can be shown how to regain child safety in domestic appliances that contain a cabinet where children can enter, as given in SECURITY. Before you can buy these measures on the market, a homemade option can be used.
Tongs can be clamped on the open appliance door in such a way that the tongs will obstruct full door closure. This method is demonstrated in the VIDEO using self made tongs constructed in the following way:
- A suitable clamp is available on the market such as Spring clamp 1 FZH 50 made by Wolfcraft company (http://www.wolfcraft.com/en/products/p/fzh_spring_clamps/1_fzh_50_spring_clamp/s/p/index.html). This product has a favourable shape and has a wide enough opening to match the doors of many washing machines and dryers on the market. The clamp is delivered with a hook for support of cables but which can be cut off. It needs a high force to disconnect it from the door. A child cannot produce this level of force.
- The clamp’s handles need to be covered with pieces of pipe insulation material in order to make them soft. The insulation material needs to be cut long enough so that it protrudes outside of the handles so that the handle ends are soft.
These self made tongs can be connected to the appliance door as demonstrated in the VIDEO.