Safety has always been one of the most concerned topics for users when choosing home appliances, especially for families with children.
A few days ago, a user on Weibo posted a Weibo message about a child who was injured by mistake using a certain electric nail clipper. According to the description and photos, the machine "bit" the child's lip to death, and it was removed after repeated attempts by firefighters.
Not long ago, there was also a news that a child was stuck in the washing machine drum and could not get out. Fortunately, the rescued child only had a slight abrasion on the back, and the others were not serious...
Some people may ask: Why do home appliances become "murder weapons" that harm children? What problems should consumers pay attention to in the process of using or not using home appliances? How to prevent the occurrence of these safety accidents?
Are home appliances really not "friendly" to curious children?
Household appliances, while bringing convenience and comfort to people's lives, may also reduce the safety factor of children at home.
Because of children's nature, being active and curious is synonymous with them. With a weak sense of self-prevention, they do not fully understand the functions of home appliances and the possible risks. Therefore, driven by curiosity, they will prefer to fiddle with and explore household appliances than adults.
This requires us to teach children some easy-to-understand electrical appliances on the one hand to strengthen their sense of self-protection; on the other hand, we must timely discover and eliminate the unsafe hidden dangers of household appliances to ensure the safety of children at home. In addition, what improvements have been made in home appliances?
What is a "child lock"?
In order to prevent the occurrence of child safety incidents, many home appliances have added a "child lock" function to prevent children from accidentally touching, so as to avoid unnecessary losses. However, the author found that many people in life do not understand the child lock function of home appliances. Friends who use it often, are even fewer...
Because the "child lock" function is not the main function in the many application functions of home appliances, few staff generally take the initiative to explain. However, if you carefully study the instruction manual, you can see the instructions for the use of the "child lock". "Child lock" is a function key on household appliances, when the function is enabled, all the operation keys on the home appliance will temporarily lose the corresponding control function, which avoids the danger caused by the child's curiosity and misoperation.
In terms of use, the child lock is generally designed on the control panel like other functional buttons. Although the name is called "child lock", the function of the child lock of different home appliances is also different. For example, the child lock of the refrigerator is mainly to prevent children from mistakenly shutting themselves into the refrigerator due to curiosity, so once the refrigerator is locked, the child cannot open the refrigerator.
The child lock function of the drum and the wave wheel in the washing machine is also different, such as after the child lock function of the drum washing machine is opened, the warehouse door cannot be opened; and after the child lock function of the wave wheel washing machine is opened, the lid can still be opened, but after the cover is opened, the machine will automatically stop rotating and discharge the water.
Of course, not only refrigerators, washing machines, but also many other home appliances are designed with child lock functions; many electrical appliances such as water heaters, microwave ovens, induction cookers, and range hoods on the market have child lock functions. With this feature, children cannot turn on electrical products that are working, thus avoiding electricity or burns.
Parents should not be careless either
The child lock design of home appliances can play a certain protective role, after all, children are naturally lively and active, and many times unexpected things will happen. However, parents cannot blindly rely on the child lock function, thus relaxing the safety education for children.
Be careful not to open or touch the rest during the work of home appliances, and try to avoid home appliances when playing. As mentioned at the beginning of the product that has a certain risk of safe operation, it is necessary to avoid the danger caused by improper operation during use (reading the instruction manual several times is correct).
In addition, some special periods should also be noted. For example, in the oral period (oral desire period), babies will focus on things in the mouth, so in this period, parents should be more vigilant.
In general, parents should pay more attention to the "child lock" function, but the necessary care and safety knowledge education is also indispensable. Let's go and see if your appliances have a child lock function~