You've always got that risk with any plug partially pulled out. Same with
many light switches, especially if you throw them slowly. The plug would also
be extremely annoying in that it would fall out quite easily.
Another idea just occurred to me, and that's to paint the bottom half of the
plugs connectors with liquid electrical tape.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Parkanzky
To: Nolan
Cc: Shop Talk
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] kid safety & outlets (was: 110vac outlet question)
Then if the plug is not quite seated you've just made an improvised arc
welder in your outlet...
-Paul
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Nolan <opposumking@verizon.net> wrote:
However, the thing I'd like to have would be something to prevent a
child from partially unpluging something that's already plugged in, then
getting their fingers onto the hot.
Only for children? As many times as I've managed to do that to myself, I
wouldn't mind it for grownups either. :-)
Seriously, you could trim the plug end so that it's barely making contact
when fully seated, and breaks contact with the slightest extraction.
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