Outside electric sockets, warning

missile

Asking for a friend <LOL>

daivid

I remember reading in an article on home security from a semi reliable source (possibly even this website) that outdoor sockets should be switched off so burglars didn't utilise them. For my house, and probably most others, a rock would be sufficient to gain entry, using a rock would be quieter and most rocks these days are cordless.

teachfast

The odd thing is, this also happened to our house when I was a child. I remember because I was still made of wood in those days and my father, Geppetto, was absolutely furious about the abstraction of this electricity. 

Herbalus

Hmmm, I recently got an outdoor socket fitted and it doesn’t have an isolator switch inside the house, because the electrician didn’t put one in and I didn’t think to ask. It’s also on the circuit with the utility room, so turning it off there isn’t an option.

The socket is in a shared passageway behind a row of terraces, so neighbours etc know it’s there.

it does have a loop for a padlock though, so if you lot manage to make me nervous about it, I’ll just have to lock it up!

stevenbecca

you can buy sockets that require a key to turn them on, flats have them in stairwells for the cleaner to plug a hoover in.

justworriedabit

Herbalus said:

Hmmm, I recently got an outdoor socket fitted and it doesn’t have an isolator switch inside the house, because the electrician didn’t put one in and I didn’t think to ask. It’s also on the circuit with the utility room, so turning it off there isn’t an option.

The socket is in a shared passageway behind a row of terraces, so neighbours etc know it’s there.

it does have a loop for a padlock though, so if you lot manage to make me nervous about it, I’ll just have to lock it up!

Thanks.
Sadly, too many people think that just because they have something, everyone should be aware.
We have outside plugs and not once thought about that.
I think the problem is bigger in flats reads this thread as people steal the communal electrics