En/na Matt Emson ha escrit: > Our pugs are actually safer because you can't pull them out by the flex, > so you don't stress the chord or pull the wires out of the plug. All > plugs are easily removed though. They just pull out. The switch turns > off the power when not in use. Otherwise the outlet is live, even with > nothing plugged in. That is just insane. It's pretty hard for a child to > electrocute themselves with a UK plug socket because of this and the > shutters. People still use covers, but need them a lot less than in the > US/Europe. Hey, my comment was tongue-in-cheek, however all of my outlets have shutter and you have to insert both prongs at once, otherwise they won't open, so it's extremely difficult for a child to electrocute even if he tries to stick, say, a screwdriver in one of the holes. And if he manages that, there's always the main RCD. [...] > Yeah, we have those too. You did read about the limitations though? > > > >Limitations > > > A residual current circuit breaker cannot remove all risk of electric > shock or fire. In particular, an RCD alone will not detect > > overload conditions, phase to neutral short circuits or > phase-to-phase </wiki/Three_phase_electric_power> short circuits. > Over-current protection (fuse </wiki/Fuse_%28electrical%29> or circuit > </wiki/Circuit_breaker> > > breaker </wiki/Circuit_breaker>) must be provided. > So, really you need a fuse too :-) Or a circuit breaker (actually I have 9 or 10, each one for a specific circuit). Bye -- Luca
