Should these be legal?

[Resu]

What do you think?



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[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where the switch can only be switched on when a plug has been inserted and automatically switches off when the plug is withdrawn.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where the switch can only be switched on when a plug has been inserted and automatically switches off when the plug is withdrawn.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.

 

[Resu]

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.

I know that, that's not what I was talking about...

 

[Adam W]

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.

You mentioned that not everybody has all MK sockets in their house. Some do, but a lot less will have these sockets you're on about.

 

[Resu]

Ah forget it. So illegal is maybe slightly over the top, I get the general opinion here. I still won't be putting any in my house, good luck to whoever does and their children.

 

[Dave 85]

Anyone got any idea how many children die a year from poking thngs in sockets??
I'd willingly bet money on it being none. Ever
Surely a bayonet table lamp with no bulb in is far more dangerous.
Ban fake sockets.....
Why not just make all children live in locked padded rooms till they are 25. Just incase like.

 

[PEG]

Where i live,it would be a safer bet to put your valuables inside a REAL double socket,at least the only suspects would in theory be competent. RCD removed,dedicated circuit sticker fitted reading "SAFE",or is that confusing?.....