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Originally Posted by G4YVM David
Just thinking about switched outlets and "why?"...prsumably it makes the socket itself safer for prying fingers?
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Definitely not. No child able to reach a power socket would have fingers small enough and long enough to push into the holes and the L and N are shuttered in any case. What's to stop a child operating the switch anyway?
If a plug with unsleeved pins were used I suppose it's just likely that fingers could reach between a partially inserted plug and the socket.
Those plastic safety plugs must be one of the most useless things ever invented. Apart from being totally unnecessary with shuttered sockets, a child can pull it out and reinsert just the earth pin. They then grab a metal knitting needle, paper clip or W.H.Y and shove it in the holes. I've even seen them used in adult care homes!