On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:10:39 -0500, Goedjn wrote:

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:44:30 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote:

JimR wrote:

"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:05:20 -0600, "Steve Barker LT"
wrote:

why would the screw fall out? This is a ridiculous scenario.

Screws do come loose.
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All of my replacement faceplates come with a small cardboard washer behind
the screw, so that even if it did come loose from the outlet it would remain
attached to the faceplate. Regards --

Loosing the screw on the floor isn't the issue, the issue is having the
metal cover plate land balanced on the exposed conductors of the plug in
the outlet. It's not a pretty thing, especially when you can't turn off
the circuit right away to fix it due to the equipment plugged in. With a
plastic or nylon cover plate it would of course be a non issue.

If you land a metal cover plate balanced across the
plugs, the circut is likely to be turning itself off,
anyway.

The circuit would turn itself off, after a spark between the metal
cover plate and the hot wire caused an explosion.

If you got something that
mission-critical plugged in, why isn't it on a UPS?

Maybe it was, but it was the UPS plug that had been knocked partly out
of the outlet.