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'Safety' socket covers DANGEROUS
baldelectrician
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'Safety' socket covers DANGEROUS
There is a campaign in the electrical industry to warn people of the dangers of socket covers that are marketed by many companies as safety devices.
The problem arises as these 'covers' are not sockets and they are not plugs and therefore don't comply to the relevant standard (BS1363)
BS 1363 is a British Standard which specifies the most common type of single-phase AC power plugs and sockets that are used in the United Kingdom. Distinctive characteristics of the system are shutters on the line and neutral socket holes, and a fuse in the plug.
BS 1363 was introduced in 1947 as one of the new standards for electrical wiring in the United Kingdom used for post-war reconstruction
The website www.fatallyflawed.org.uk highlights the dangers of these items.
Which Magazine have an article about these.
I have contacted several large companies regarding these. One large chain told me 'if we sell them they must be safe- otherwise we would know'
Example of danger- from Fatally Flawed
There is a campaign in the electrical industry to warn people of the dangers of socket covers that are marketed by many companies as safety devices.
The problem arises as these 'covers' are not sockets and they are not plugs and therefore don't comply to the relevant standard (BS1363)
BS 1363 is a British Standard which specifies the most common type of single-phase AC power plugs and sockets that are used in the United Kingdom. Distinctive characteristics of the system are shutters on the line and neutral socket holes, and a fuse in the plug.
BS 1363 was introduced in 1947 as one of the new standards for electrical wiring in the United Kingdom used for post-war reconstruction
The website www.fatallyflawed.org.uk highlights the dangers of these items.
Which Magazine have an article about these.
I have contacted several large companies regarding these. One large chain told me 'if we sell them they must be safe- otherwise we would know'
Example of danger- from Fatally Flawed
baldly going on...
Should these 'covers' be banned 10 votes
YES
90%
9 votes
NO
10%
1 vote
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Cyclonebri thinks you should superglue them in.0
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This video from the above mentioned website explains the dangers really well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-WhFgaqCX0If my post hasn't helped you, then don't click the 'Thanks' button!
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that pic looks really dangerious as the live & neutral is now exposed, why on earth would you want to use one of those ?
However i don't really see a prob with the plastic ones that fit in all three holesI'm only here while I wait for Corrie to start.
You get no BS from me & if I think you are wrong I WILL tell you.0 -
southcoastrgi wrote: »that pic looks really dangerious as the live & neutral is now exposed, why on earth would you want to use one of those ?
However i don't really see a prob with the plastic ones that fit in all three holes
That is a plastic one, which fits all three slots turned upside down! The earth pin on them is much longer which allows you to insert it upside down and open the live/neutral shutters.If my post hasn't helped you, then don't click the 'Thanks' button!0 -
but why would you want or need to do that ? that is an accident waiting to happen & is user error not the fault of the coverI'm only here while I wait for Corrie to start.
You get no BS from me & if I think you are wrong I WILL tell you.0 -
maybe i should have watched the video in post #3 first before commenting
now i have i totally agree that these things are dangerious
& no i'm not going to edit my posts, because it just goes to show how ill-informed I was & prob a good many other peepsI'm only here while I wait for Corrie to start.
You get no BS from me & if I think you are wrong I WILL tell you.0
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