Tukes, Finland’s Safety Technology Authority, today reminds the public to think safety when buying electrical devices as holiday gifts. Such products should be well suited—particularly from a safety viewpoint—for their intended use. The user manual is the foundation for safe usage.
The seller should be a reputable one. As for the product, its rating label must be marked with the name of the manufacturer, importer or seller. The label must also carry the CE mark (which confirms that the apparatus is intended and adequate for the European market), as well as the voltage rating, AC frequency, and power consumption of the device. If you buy from abroad, remember to check that devices to be used in Finland are designed for 230-volt, 50-hertz alternating current.
Buyers should also ensure that they receive an adequate user manual in Finnish or Swedish (Finland’s official languages). Tukes specifically warns against instructions processed through machine “translation”, which typically produces unintelligible gibberish. (Information on translation quality is available at www.anta.net.)
What do you think? Have you experienced a bad user manual (in Finland, or elsewhere)? Please post your comments!
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