A reminder to everyone - FatallyFlawed - Child Plug Socket Covers Campaign

[topcat]

Dont have any kids my self but see them all the time in childrens centres i vist will do my best to point them to the web site.

 

[gaz76]

Very strange to come across this thread, my wife has twins on the way and socket covers WERE on my list of must haves, not anymore, I have installed these things loads of times, on banks and shops etc, and like someone else mentioned i've seen them in plenty of nusery's and creches.
one thing I will say though, to the common man(myself included until 20 mins ago) a socket is a socket, and telling them about internal shutters on socket outlets will be wasting oxygen. would it not be better for the fatally flawed people to come up with another design for socket safety?
a simple letterbox system fixed with the socket screws springs to mind(50/50 dragons den??) as infairness if you stuck a nail in the earth terminal and opened the shutters, whats to stop you using your other hand and sticking another nail in the live terminal.

 

[kingeri]

Very strange to come across this thread, my wife has twins on the way and socket covers WERE on my list of must haves, not anymore, I have installed these things loads of times, on banks and shops etc, and like someone else mentioned i've seen them in plenty of nusery's and creches.
one thing I will say though, to the common man(myself included until 20 mins ago) a socket is a socket, and telling them about internal shutters on socket outlets will be wasting oxygen. would it not be better for the fatally flawed people to come up with another design for socket safety?
a simple letterbox system fixed with the socket screws springs to mind(50/50 dragons den??) as infairness if you stuck a nail in the earth terminal and opened the shutters, whats to stop you using your other hand and sticking another nail in the live terminal.

That would take a very deliberate and coordinated effort

 

[gaz76]

That would take a very deliberate and coordinated effort

so would putting the socket cover in upsidedown, snapping it and then putting a pin in the live terminal.

 

[vernam616]

I have children myself so understand dangers and prevention

However this is idiocy, i certainly didnt play with sockets when i was a child and back then there wasnt internal shutters, and my kids dont either, decent parenting is the key

Kids could put a whole host of things in the earth terminal and then something into the live

 

[Knobhead]

Have you checked out http://www.fatallyflawed.org.uk/

Do you understand BS 1363?

 

[Knobhead]

However this is idiocy, i certainly didnt play with sockets when i was a child and back then there wasnt internal shutters,

The shutters have been incorporated since 1927!

 

[gaz76]

The shutters have been incorporated since 1927!

how do you know how old he is?

 

[vernam616]

What you will learn about this place is a lot of people have nothing much better to do with their time, one word springs to mind and thats jobsworth

Teach the children NOT to play with sockets and in turn you dont have a problem, ive got 2 kids aged 6 & 4 and neither one have ever bothered as i warn them how dangerous it is

 

[Bluesknight]

very informative, it just shows with all the safety check we do, we still take things for granted.

Good work Tony