Pointing out stories you may have missed. Japan's leading toilet maker Toto Ltd. is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire. The electric bidet accessory of Toto's Z series caught fire in three separate incidents between March 2006 and March this year, according to company spokeswoman Emi Tanaka."Fortunately, nobody was using the toilets when the fire broke out and there were no injuries," Tanaka said. "The fire would have been just under your buttocks." The company will repair all toilet units manufactured between May 1996 and December 2001 for free, she said. A manufacturing defect is thought to have led to the faulty wiring.
Toto has been a pioneer in high-tech toilets fitted with pressurised water sprayers - a standard fixture in Japanese homes. The popular Z series features a pulsating massage spray, a power dryer, built-in-the-bowl deodorizing filter, the "Tornado Wash" flush and a lid that opens and closes automatically.
News source: CNews.
4 comments:
That would certainly put a fire under your arse!
I experienced the Japanese toilets (toiro) a couple of years ago from a high tech number that had more guages than a Airbus 380 and flushed, washed, blow-dried and played music to a primitive pit toilet that took some skill in using as to avoid toppling over backward or literally putting your foot in it!
I really really wanted to make a Wizard of Oz joke, but I came up empty. Damn.
G'day Mur,
Love your description of the ``hi-tech number''.
D'you reckon you would have paid three grand for it, though? That's what they cost.
And to think they leave you with singe marks!
David
Hi Bart,
Okay, let me take up your challenge. Hmmm, how about this ...
``I don't think we're in Kansas, Toto - but call the fire department anyway.''
David
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