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The solid colored LED Battery Tealight Candles
are 1.5 inch tall and 1.5 inches in diameter. The battery tealight candles 3 volt flickering flame light bulbs are the same color as the battery tealight candles and uses a 3 Volt Lithium cell battery. The lithium batteries are included and will last about 48 hours of continous use. A convient on/off switch located on the bottom of the battery tea light allows you to turn the tea light off and on to conserve battery energy. The battery tealight candles will fit into any standard votive candle holder. Our flameless candles are safe, fun and perfect when you need an alternative in order to meet insurance policies and/or fire codes. These realistic battery operated tea lights and battery operated votives bring a soft glow of candle light indoors without the risk of fire, or the wax and smoke mess.
Votive battery operated candles are perfect for party tables, wedding table candle lights, dances, promotional events, holiday arrangements or for countless other candle uses.
Massachusetts study finds teenagers had a disproportionate number of wax and wick candle fires.
Two-thirds of the people using candles in these fires were between 20 and 64 years old.
However, teenagers faced the greatest relative risk of a candle fire. Although they comprised only 9% of the states population, they accounted for 21% of the fires, meaning they were more than twice as likely to have a candle fire as the population in general. About two-thirds of the candle users were female. Although females were in the majority in all age groups, the distribution ranged from about three-fifths female for teenagers and young adults; four-fifths in the middle age group, and about nineteenths female among candle users over 65. When teenagers were the candle users, three of every four candle fires started in the bedroom. This study asked first if the candle was unattended, and then asked for the cause separately. Three-quarters of the fires occurred when candles were unattended. There was relatively little difference between the causes seen for unattended and attended candle fires. Forty percent (40%) of the wax and wick candle fires were caused by combustibles too close to the candle. In 35% of the cases, the candle burned down too low. The candle tipped over (on its own) in 10% of the incidents, and was knocked over (by a person, pet or other object) in 7% of the fires. The holder broke in 3% of the cases. In half of the fires in which information about the candleholder was provided, the holder was made of glass, china, crystal, or pottery. No holders were used in 16% of the fires. The holders were metal in 12% of the incidents, and plastic or polystyrene in another 12%. Candleholders were made of wood in 4% of these incidents.
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Many candle-related injuries are not caused by fire.
According to estimates from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC’s)
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), candle-related injuries accounted for 15,300 emergency room visits in 2003, almost three times the 5,300 in 1991. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of the victims in 2003 were male, and 61% were female. Forty-two percent (42%) of the candle injuries that year were lacerations, 25% were thermal burns, and 8% were scald burns. Some of the lacerations were caused by sharp or broken candleholders; some occurred while candles were being trimmed or wax was being removed from candleholders. Scald burns tended to be from the hot wax or the candle product itself. One quarter of the emergency room patients seen for candle-related injuries were under 10 years old. Overall, there were 5.3 candle related emergency room visits per 100,000 populations in 2003. The rate for those under ten was almost twice that of the general population. The rate was lowest for those 50 or older.