Commodities still electric water heater - Consumers Association: water heaters generally safe and reliable

China Consumer Association's recent sales of larger storage water heaters paragraph 25 commodities in the market from both the security and performance comparison tests carried out showed that the quality and safety performance of these food products have reached a higher level, must most products can protect the personal and property safety of consumers, most products are in strict accordance with the standard design and production, consistent product performance and indicated value.

The sample of Comparative Test Central simulation CASE staff to get consumers to buy from Beijing appliance stores and the Internet, 25 of the storage water heaters samples involving 20 brands. Samples are horizontal, rated input power between 2000 watts to 3200 watts, rated capacity are 60 liters, the purchase price from 805 yuan to 4798 yuan range, covering the mainstream choice for the average family. Central testing commissioned by the National Consumers Association household appliances Quality Supervision and Inspection Center completed. Through testing, 25 of the samples had a sample plate without the manufacturer's name, the remaining samples were not found safety problems; better insulation performance over ninety percent of the sample, relatively low power consumption, achieve a primary or secondary energy efficiency rating requirements. According to the Consumers Association advises consumers to choose a larger sales volume, high brand awareness of product storage water heaters from regular sales channels, we should look carefully identifies and describes the time of purchase, with particular attention to energy efficiency labeling. (Double Zhou, Liang Jie)