On 24/06/2012 16:44, PlugSafe wrote:
On Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:38:34 PM UTC+1, wrote:
PlugSafe wrote:
On Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:50:35 PM UTC+1,
wrote:
dennis@home wrote:
"Steve wrote in message
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And of course no recognition that in this case a socket cover
may have prevented the accident.
So you are saying the parents are at fault for not using socket
covers?
The main point is there are no recorded deaths caused by the use of
socket covers and there recorded deaths where the use of a socket
cover may have saved a life.
So statistically which is the safest option?
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Adam
fatally flawed should be called factually flawed
Please state what deaths you are referring to. As the Sheriff made
clear, there is no evidence to support the idea that a socket cover
could have saved Liam's life, so whose lives are you talking about?
You might also like to bear in mind that the damage caused to sockets
by the use of incorrectly sized socket covers will only ever cause
problems when the covers have been removed. There is little
likelihood of a death due to a faulty earth connection in a socket
(into which someone had once rammed a clippasafe cover) will be
ascribed to the root cause. Similarly, a socket which has damaged
L&N contacts caused by having been left with a socket cover with
oversized pins for several years, and which (when it is eventually
used to deliver power again) catches fire because of arcing, will not
be blamed on the socket cover.
And how many people will force in and out a plug on an appliance for years
as the pins on the plug are bent causing similar damage to the socket as the
socket cover.
I see lots of electrical dangers at work. I put the socket covers (even the
crap ones they sell ATM) pretty low down on that list of dangers.
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Adam
To sell an incorrectly sized plug is an offence which may result in 6 months imprisonment. There is no law to prevent the sale of incorrectly sized socket covers, and no one sells correctly sized ones. Is that not cause for concern?
Your professional standards leave much to be desired.
Adam is a qualified electrician. And you are....?
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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk