Live part in unattended household appliances

Unattended household appliance, comprising a live part according IEC 60335, wherein the live part is a part of a non-metallic material supporting metal-to-metal connections that carry a current exceeding 0.2 A during normal operation, or a part of a non-metallic material within a distance of 3 mm of such metal-to-metal connection, characterised in that the live part is a plastic part made from a halogen free flame retardant polymer composition comprising

• (A) a thermoplastic polyamide polymer
• (B) 10-40 wt. % of glass fibers;
• (C) 10-40 wt. % of melam;
• and
• (D) 0-15 wt. % of a halogen free flame retardant;
• wherein the wt. % are relative to the total weight of the composition,
• with the proviso that when the polyamide or polyamides in component (A) consist of monomeric units comprising less than 10 mole % of aromatic units, relative to the total molar amount of the monomeric units, the amount of melam (B) is in the range of 15-40 wt. %.

Unattended household appliance, comprising a plastic component in close vicinity of an electrical or electronic heat source, or being a bobbin or capacitor housing, wherein the plastic component is made from a halogen free flame retardant polymer composition comprising

• (A) a thermoplastic polyamide polymer
• (B) 10-40 wt. % of glass fibers;
• (C) 10-40 wt. % of melam;
• and
• (D) 0-15 wt. % of a halogen free flame retardant;
• wherein the wt. % are relative to the total weight of the composition,
• with the proviso that when the polyamide or polyamides in component (A) consist of monomeric units comprising less than 10 mole % of aromatic units, relative to the total molar amount of the monomeric units, the amount of melam (C) is in the range of 15-40 wt. %.