Cheap electrical appliances
TimesLedger Newspapers cartoonist noticed the results of cheap electrical appliances. Tip Sempliner saw the lights in his home start to flicker in the early afternoon Nov. 23 soon after his security backed up by an uninterruptable power supply, started to go off. A number of Douglaston-area residents said they were shocked to find some of their cheap electrical appliances had been damaged last week by an apparent electrical surge. "After it all stopped, tip Sempliner went to the grocery store and there were some fire trucks all up and down Bay Street," he said. "There was one by the Manor Apartments and I asked the fireman, 'What's going on?' and he said, "There's a power surgedue to cheap electrical appliances is being used. A Con Edison spokesman said the company had received reports of flickering lights, but could not confirm any power outages and was still investigating the incident. He said anyone can submit a claim and that every claim is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The cartoonist and inventor said he has a double stove, a cheap electrical appliances one of which is operated by an electronic dial. Sempliner said he was directed to contact a Con Ed office in Brooklyn, which told him the company was not responsible for damaged of cheap electrical appliances.