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tamper resistant receptacles

smithy123
13 years ago

i was thinking deeply about the safety hazards involved with using tr receptacles. with a tamper resistant receptacle, if you aply pressure on one slot, nothing can go in. but here is where i thought of the possible problems: when someone applies pressure to both slots, something is allowed to go in. so, if a child has 2 metal objects and inserting one does nothing the child may insert something into the other slot with thhe other hand, it will recieve a fatal shock. with a normal receptacle, and the child inserts something, it will receive the shock and release the object. with afci's, or gfci's, it will also trip the device.

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