THE suction power of new vacuum cleaners is to be reduced under yet another ?Mad Hatter? diktat from Europe.
Regulations due to come into force next year to cut energy usage will see the cleaners graded on an energy efficiency scale similar to the one used on fridges and freezers.
Makers have warned this means popular models used in millions of homes around the country will be redesigned with considerably lower ability to suck up the dirt.
Britain will be harder hit than most of our European neighbours because hard-to-clean carpets are much more common here.
There is even a potential health risk because lower powered cleaners will not pick up allergy-provoking dust properly.
The move, part of an European Union drive for energy efficiency, has been branded ?utter guff?.
Diktats like the vacuum cleaner rules have already contributed to huge support for the Daily Express crusade to get Britain out of the EU.
Rob Gosling, senior engineer at Dyson, said that when regulations come into force the power of household vacuum cleaners will be slashed from more than 2,000 watts to no more than 1,600.
He added: ?Many models will be made with much less power than they are now. It means although they may perform in the laboratory, they will end up not working at home because as they become loaded with dust there won?t be enough power to drive them.?
He warned that the price of popular models could increase and added: ?Design changes like making them stick closer to the floor to compensate for lower power could mean many are much more difficult to use.
?We agree with this in theory but customers should be warned by way of clear labelling that some models may be more feeble than they are used to.?
MEP Roger Helmer, Ukip?s energy spokesman, said: ?This is yet another example of the EU trying to suck the life out of British policymakers and householders.
?They say restricting the power of vacuum cleaners will save enough electricity to power two million homes. That sounds like utter guff.
?Experts say reducing the power of vacuums would make these appliances incapable of picking up the dust particles that really aggravate allergy sufferers and asthmatics.
?Here we have another case of where a decision would be better made in Britain rather than have meddling Eurocrats unnecessarily interfere.?
Dr Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Foundation branded the move ?nonsense?. He said: ?This is the usual Mad Hatter policy coming out of Brussels. This will not save the planet. All the costs associated with redesigning and building new models will be passed on to the consumer.?
Marc Gander, of the Consumer Action Group, said: ?This is probably very nice for our European neighbours where they have tiled and wooden floors but not so much here where we all have carpets. Vacuum cleaners need a much bigger suck factor here.?
No one from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was available for comment.
A Defra spokesman said: ?Labeling on machines that show energy efficiency gives consumers more information about a product than was previously available.
"Energy efficient machines can save consumers money on their electricity bills.?
Now EU cuts power of your vacuum cleaner | World | News | Daily Express
F*ck the EU t*ats..
How about we regulate their blow jobs off of there Mrs?... sorry Heinrich your wife must not suck long enough that you will cum.. Sections 18-19 and 35 state pre ejaculations must be monitored to make sure no specimens of sperm eject the body..
War on EU starts here..
Regulations due to come into force next year to cut energy usage will see the cleaners graded on an energy efficiency scale similar to the one used on fridges and freezers.
Makers have warned this means popular models used in millions of homes around the country will be redesigned with considerably lower ability to suck up the dirt.
Britain will be harder hit than most of our European neighbours because hard-to-clean carpets are much more common here.
There is even a potential health risk because lower powered cleaners will not pick up allergy-provoking dust properly.
The move, part of an European Union drive for energy efficiency, has been branded ?utter guff?.
Diktats like the vacuum cleaner rules have already contributed to huge support for the Daily Express crusade to get Britain out of the EU.
Rob Gosling, senior engineer at Dyson, said that when regulations come into force the power of household vacuum cleaners will be slashed from more than 2,000 watts to no more than 1,600.
He added: ?Many models will be made with much less power than they are now. It means although they may perform in the laboratory, they will end up not working at home because as they become loaded with dust there won?t be enough power to drive them.?
He warned that the price of popular models could increase and added: ?Design changes like making them stick closer to the floor to compensate for lower power could mean many are much more difficult to use.
?We agree with this in theory but customers should be warned by way of clear labelling that some models may be more feeble than they are used to.?
MEP Roger Helmer, Ukip?s energy spokesman, said: ?This is yet another example of the EU trying to suck the life out of British policymakers and householders.
?They say restricting the power of vacuum cleaners will save enough electricity to power two million homes. That sounds like utter guff.
?Experts say reducing the power of vacuums would make these appliances incapable of picking up the dust particles that really aggravate allergy sufferers and asthmatics.
?Here we have another case of where a decision would be better made in Britain rather than have meddling Eurocrats unnecessarily interfere.?
Dr Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy Foundation branded the move ?nonsense?. He said: ?This is the usual Mad Hatter policy coming out of Brussels. This will not save the planet. All the costs associated with redesigning and building new models will be passed on to the consumer.?
Marc Gander, of the Consumer Action Group, said: ?This is probably very nice for our European neighbours where they have tiled and wooden floors but not so much here where we all have carpets. Vacuum cleaners need a much bigger suck factor here.?
No one from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was available for comment.
A Defra spokesman said: ?Labeling on machines that show energy efficiency gives consumers more information about a product than was previously available.
"Energy efficient machines can save consumers money on their electricity bills.?
Now EU cuts power of your vacuum cleaner | World | News | Daily Express
F*ck the EU t*ats..
How about we regulate their blow jobs off of there Mrs?... sorry Heinrich your wife must not suck long enough that you will cum.. Sections 18-19 and 35 state pre ejaculations must be monitored to make sure no specimens of sperm eject the body..
War on EU starts here..
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