What is BS EN 13869 – Child safety requirements for lighters about?
Lighter are manually operated flame-producing device employing a fuel, including butane or liquid fuel, normally used for deliberately igniting in particular cigarettes, cigars and pipes, and which may foreseeably be used to ignite materials such as paper and wicks of candles and lanterns, manufactured with an integral supply of fuel, whether intended to be refueled or not. BS EN 13869 is based on US consumer product safety standards for cigarette lighters, given in 16 CFR, Chapter II, Part 1210 “Safety standard for cigarette lighters” of 12 July 1993. BS EN 13869 provides guidelines for mechanical test methods, which have been introduced as an alternative to the Child Test Panel for some types of ignition mechanisms. Hence, BS EN 13869 specifies child safety requirements for lighters.
Note 1: BS EN 13869 does not apply to matches or any other lighting device intended primarily for igniting materials other than smoking materials, such as fuel for fireplaces, or for charcoal, or gas-fired grills.
Who is BS EN 13869 - Child safety requirements for lighters for?
BS EN 13869 on child safety requirements for lighter is useful for:
- Families with smokers and children living together
- Airport smoking areas
- Public smoking places
- Pilgrimage sites
Why should you use BS EN 13869 - Child safety requirements for lighters?
BS EN 13869 provides guidelines that how lighters can be appealing for children younger than 51 months. It mentions that lighter, including any holder, entertaining audio effects, or animated effects can be visually appealing for children younger than 51 months as it appears to be a non-hazardous and playful object.
BS EN 13869 provides guidelines about all safety requirement tests by plotting child test panels. These test guidelines include full child panel testing, sequential child panel testing and testing the mechanical and geometric requirements.
BS EN 13869 provides guidelines for data collection and recording based on gender, date of birth, age, the number of the lighter tested by that child, date of participation in the test, location where the test was given, the name of the tester who conducted the test, the elapsed time, at which the child achieved any successful operation of the surrogate lighter in the first 5 min test period, the elapsed time, at which the child achieved any successful operation of the surrogate lighter in the second 5 min test period.
Hence, use of BS EN 13869 adds a next level of safety when counting on the safety requirement for a lighter.
