Should these be legal?

[Resu]

What do you think?



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[tazz]

Why not...aslong as some diy dosn`t try a wire it up. IMO good way of hiding the tax mans money

 

[dan86]

they've been on the go for yearsss!

 

[Adam W]

Why not? Do you think they encourage people to go around putting keys in sockets to see if any treasure falls out? Done right I reckon they'd be a good way to hide your valuables, but I can't help thinking homeowners would make it obvious what they were by putting them at a different height to the other sockets, having all one brand except for one which is the only socket with no plugs in it, etc.

 

[Resu]

Sure it seems a good idea but wouldn't take long for one of your youngun's to see you putting a key into a socket and trying to do the same!

 

[pete555]

Local authority I have worked for had these fitted in flats for drug addicts to keep there needles in after about 6 months of people calling us out to check the skt because it wasn,t (when the flat had been let to a normal person) working we took them all out another problem was that kids would see there parents putting the key in and imitate it very dangerous i agree with you don't allow them

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I cant see a problem as long as it is RCD protected, and not within 3 metres off the bath :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Brightspark2]

ha I have never seen them before. Good idea that!.



Not big enough get my wallet in though I tell you that right now.



Not because its full of money. I just have a big wallet :sad3:

 

[tazz]

All uk sockets are fully protected against bits being poke into sockets...I would suggest a read of the sticky on here "Fatally Flawed"

 

[Resu]

All uk sockets are fully protected against bits being poke into sockets...I would suggest a read of the sticky on here "Fatally Flawed"

It was actually the fatally flawed campaign that got me thinking. If a kid managed to disable the shutters by ramming something, for example, key shaped into the earth terminal, they would obviously then have access to the live and neutral!

 

[Adam W]

Not if your other sockets were all MK and needed all 3 pins to go in at the same time to open the shutter.

Maybe these things should be sold with fake 'safety covers'...

 

[tazz]

I dont won`t to sound rude, but I think your looking at a issue that does not exist, the chances of poking an item into a uk socket is very remote.

 

[glasgospark]

why is this dangerous ??

its a fake socket with secret compartment , it doesnt have 230v at it:S

am i missing the point

 

[stuartcourt]

I think he is saying about pushing things in sockets (i think)

 

[glasgospark]

hmm OTT

 

[varilite]

They are a pain, I am forever getting calls from folk plugging things into it and then phoning me saying me Hoover dont work

 

[Resu]

Not if your other sockets were all MK and needed all 3 pins to go in at the same time to open the shutter.

Maybe these things should be sold with fake 'safety covers'...

How many households across the UK have all MK sockets?

I dont won`t to sound rude, but I think your looking at a issue that does not exist, the chances of poking an item into a uk socket is very remote.

Okay maybe it's a bit OTT but I still think they are a bad idea. It's actually quite easy to poke an item into a UK socket, the Fatally Flawed campaign has some examples, ie. putting a plug in upside down leaves the shutters open...

I think sockets should be like these, where the switch can only be switched on when a plug has been inserted and automatically switches off when the plug is withdrawn. It's not going to stop kids trying to poke things in but at least the socket would definitely be off.

 

[dan86]

They are a pain, I am forever getting calls from folk plugging things into it and then phoning me saying me Hoover dont work

tell em to buy a Vax. unless you mean vacuum... ;p

 

[Adam W]

ie. putting a plug in upside down leaves the shutters open...

Not a plug, but a 'safety cover' can bend so you can put it in upside down.

I think sockets should be like these, where the switch can only be switched on when a plug has been inserted and automatically switches off when the plug is withdrawn. It's not going to stop kids trying to poke things in but at least the socket would definitely be off.

... Like an MK socket?

 

[tazz]

Joe Public.....you just can`t make this up...lol

 

[Guest111]

the perfect solution for the fool who wants a socket in the bathroom lol.

 

[Brightspark2]

How many households across the UK have all MK sockets?

OK well ill start the list.... 1...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

What do you think?

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still not understanding about socket outlets then to BS1363....

 

[Resu]

Not a plug, but a 'safety cover' can bend so you can put it in upside down.

... Like an MK socket?

There's a video on YouTube of a guy putting a normal plug (upside down) into the earth terminal enough to open the shutters.

Is that a feature they've recently added to their sockets? We don't use a lot of MK other than the Masterseal stuff.

 

[Brightspark2]

There's a video on YouTube of a guy putting a normal plug (upside down) into the earth terminal enough to open the shutters.

Is that a feature they've recently added to their sockets? We don't use a lot of MK other than the Masterseal stuff.

MK have a different shutter than the usually sockets it needs both the earth, L & N pin to be inserted for the shutters to drop. Obviously earth first.