New EU Rules Will Limit Vacuum Cleaners To 1600W 338
AmiMoJo writes "New EU rules are limiting vacuum cleaner motors to 1600W from 2014/09/01. The EU summary of the new rules explains that consumers currently equate watts with cleaning power, which is not the case. Manufacturers will be required to put ratings on packaging, including energy efficiency, cleaning efficiency on hard and carpeted floors, and dust emissions from the exhaust. In the EU vacuum cleaners use more energy than the whole of Denmark, and produce more emissions than dishwashers and washing machines."
Do the math (Score:5, Funny)
1600W is about two horse powers, and if you think you can keep a house clean with two horses running though it, I have a barn to sell you.
This sucks (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Waaah. (Score:4, Funny)
Somehow we get along just fine, residential or commercial, with pretty much the same as what this limit allows. /me awaits some Brit who's come to explain how their 240v 13A outlets allow them to suck the carpet right off the floor with their cleaners.
Actually, we use them mostly to take out drones and deflect NEOs into a safer orbit.
Re:Waaah. (Score:5, Funny)
I threw my old 2300W one away. It was just gathering dust.
Re:Obamacommunistsilluminatiderp (Score:5, Funny)
They can have my 2000watt vacuum cleaner when they pry my cold dead hands...
Try switching it off; you're lucky it's only got you by the hands.
Re:Waaah. (Score:5, Funny)
I don't think I ever saw an electric kettle in the US. People who drink coffee make it in a coffee pot, and people who drink tea are deported to Europe.