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