An estimated 2,400 children each year suffer from severe #electricshock or burns from sticking metal objects such as paperclips, keys, or pins into electrical sockets. Six to twelve fatalities a year are a result. An innovative technology called tamper resistant receptacles are affordable and reliably protect your children.
How do tamper resistant receptacles work? Tamper resistant receptacles look the same as ordinary outlets, but they feature spring-loaded shutter plates that block the socket openings. When you touch a plug to the socket openings with equal pressure, they give way and allow you to insert the plug like normal.
Only when equal pressure is applied to both openings does this happen. Poking and prodding with foreign objects will not release the shutters, protecting children from dangerous #electricalinjuries.
Why are tamper resistant receptacles better than other child-proofing solutions?
Tamper resistant receptacles are not your only option for shutting off electrical outlets. You can also use receptacle caps, but these are inconvenient, easy to lose and can be a choking hazard.
Tamper resistant receptacles provide the best protection against the insertion of foreign objects.
It is easy to make the upgrade. If you do not feel comfortable completing this electrical upgrade, call Got Electric to complete the job for you. Contact us today.
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