Sockets directly under light switches? Pros, cons?

  • Erstellt am 2017-08-14 13:34:05

world-e

2017-08-15 08:30:15
  • #1


At least I meant sockets that have this increased touch protection from the factory. They look externally the same as normal sockets. Only there is a cover in front of the contacts that is pushed away only when plugging in the plug.
 

Caspar2020

2017-08-15 08:39:44
  • #2
These are the only ones approved by VDE. On the other hand, nobody in the local baby store seems to care about that.
 

Egon12

2017-08-15 10:20:38
  • #3
and warm not a cover? at most the parent gets smacked if the lids have to come off, hacking in with scissors or something :)
 

Caspar2020

2017-08-15 10:25:42
  • #4


You don't really want to have to fish that thing out every time you want to use the sockets, do you?

So during our renovation, we replaced all new and existing ones.

Cost per regular socket 2.69 including fairy tale; cost per socket with enhanced touch protection 3.89 Are the same as we have in our kindergarten

I didn't have to think twice.

If you're building anyway...
 

toxicmolotof

2017-08-15 13:53:20
  • #5
There are child safety covers that my children cannot remove and are approved. I don't need a second to pull them out.

Socket outlets under the switch don't help either. My little one is now 16 months old and loves light switches. Guess where he would constantly have his fingers if there were sockets under the light switch. In our case, lower is better because he is not interested in that at all.
 

Alex85

2017-08-15 20:43:44
  • #6
Our kids had two phases in which electrical outlets were interesting. These are crawling infants who find outlets near the floor interesting. This phase lasts about 7-8 months. After that, they start walking and the stuff down there becomes uninteresting, then the stuff up top becomes interesting.
A little later comes the reaching up to the light switch, preferably to the roller shutter switch. This phase lasts at least another 9 months, more likely longer.
As with all safety measures in the household, they are only a makeshift solution. The only true protection is education, teaching that fingers have no business there. Because you can hardly childproof the entire house and the houses of others, like grandma and grandpa, aren’t secured anyway. Besides, you plug in and unplug few devices in the secured rooms, so the "hassle" with simple locks turns out to be less effort than one might think beforehand.
A bag of locks costs €3, of course you can spend many times that and replace outlets. Edge protectors for coffee tables, cabinet door locks to the point of unusability, stair gates ... all exist, but everyone has to decide for themselves.
 

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