plug/outlet issue
- Thread starter Rÿcher
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Are you talking 'purposeful' unplugging or 'accidental' unplugging?
If it's accidental, you can place something like a chair in front of the plug. If it's purposeful, I don't think it's possible to prevent that.
DES
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Rÿcher
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think toddler-proof.
It's on us to take out the night light in the morning and put in the plastic protector but we forget.
Let me run and get my asbestos jumpsuit.
Basic Rule of the Universe: You Cant Stop Stupid.
Clear plastic box that usually protects commercial thermostats and an automatic nightlight.
... or just tie a string around your finger.
... or just tie a string around your finger.
I realize that Rycher is no longer here to benefit from this, but there are many child proof outlet covers that allow the outlets to be in use and easily accessible to adults, yet keep the kids safe:
http://www.babyearth.com/safety-1st-outlet-cover-with-cord-shortener.html
Some versions of this have built-in nightlights.
-R
http://www.babyearth.com/safety-1st-outlet-cover-with-cord-shortener.html
Some versions of this have built-in nightlights.
-R
Actually the reason you cant secure a plug to an outlet is:
It's better to break the circuit by pulling out a plug rather than electrocuting yourself when the wires snap and short out with the power still flowing through them.
(There's a REASON things are designed the way they are...)
It's better to break the circuit by pulling out a plug rather than electrocuting yourself when the wires snap and short out with the power still flowing through them.
(There's a REASON things are designed the way they are...)
There are plugs designed so that the outlet cover plate screw can be removed, the device plugged into the receptacle, and then the screw re-installed so that it holds both the plug and the cover plate. One place they are used is for vital hospital equipment."vital hospital equipment" is a limited-use not exposed to the stupid general public, pets and children.
Have you ever seen an electrical installation regulatory handbook? The one in Canada (CEC) is about 600 pages and covers just about every imaginable electrical installation. Very different rules for a commercial and a residential installation, and then different rules for individual purposes. Probably not much different than in the US (though from what I've seen the NEC codes are, shall we say, a little more "laid back" in certain areas).
Have you ever seen an electrical installation regulatory handbook? The one in Canada (CEC) is about 600 pages and covers just about every imaginable electrical installation. Very different rules for a commercial and a residential installation, and then different rules for individual purposes. Probably not much different than in the US (though from what I've seen the NEC codes are, shall we say, a little more "laid back" in certain areas).
Laid back? Hell, where I live, the house was so far rural that light had to be piped out here when it was built. I think the electrical inspection was merely to see that the house had power. As I've remodeled I've had to correct some seriously scary stuff that's been here since the house was built in 1983. There are still pockets in the US where the electrical codes doesn't have to be followed. I have a copy of the NEC from 1985 that I got for Christmas and it's chock full of information as well.
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