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

[mickys86]

Ahhh no I've read that wrong on his website, that's a bloke who supports the campaign, who isn't a member. David who owns the website is a member though!

I think he posted on this thread dan.... #3

 

[Dan]

So he did! haha

I've just emailed David. I want to help the campaign using the forum.

 

[FatallyFlawed]

So he did! haha

I've just emailed David. I want to help the campaign using the forum.

Hi Dan, thanks for your interest, got your email and I'll be in touch shortly.

I do believe that Electricians have a great part to play in this, and in warning of the dangers of counterfeit and sub-standard plugs, adaptors and chargers (www.bs1363.org.uk ) - in other words, all of the dangerous junk which is sold to plug into the world's safest socket (65 years old this year - and not ready for retirement!).

The BS 1363 standard came about because of the work done by the IEE in the 1940's, it saddens me deeply that IET, the successor to IEE, is doing nothing useful to protect it against the current threats. Where the engineers (of which I am one) are failing, the electricians can really make a difference, go to it!

 

[kingeri]

I had no idea. Yet it's actually really obvious. We have a 16 month old boy, he's into everything at the moment...he loves to explore and seems to always find the dangerous areas of the room. Before he was born we went safety crazy, buying safety gates, drawer locks etc. and of course socket covers. I'm horrified by my own stupidity, for taking these at face value. I have removed them (we had the Clippasafe ones) and smashed them up, binned. My wife works at a nursery so we are going to have a word with the owner about spreading the word locally.

 

[PB1]

I too had no idea of the danger of these, as I hadn't even thought about it. Does anyone know if there's an MP who is interested in this cause? If there was it ought to publicise it more.

 

[Fin170]

Found the site a while back and have bought it up whenever I've come across them. Unfortunately most customers seem to know better but a few have taken notice

 

[Paul.M]

Any chance of this being made a sticky? Think It's worthy.

 

[Paul.M]

Haha, just noticed the link in the announcement box on top of every page.

 

[CLB]

I had these things plugged into my sockets up until 10 minutes ago! I never even gave it a thought that they were unsafe. You'd think British Standards would have condemned them instead of passing them fit for sale & use.
Have posted the FF website on my facebook as that's the quickest way to disseminate information these days. I urge all to do the same.

 

[gadgetfadget]

Thanks for pointing this out. I will be passing this onto everyone I come acroos in the future.
I have just posted this on my Facebook wall as well.

Cheers

Clive