Electrical issues are fire hazards

12/1/2020 (Permalink)

Boarded-up home after electrical fire.

Approximately 2,400 children suffer severe shock and burns when they stick items into the slots of electrical receptacles each and every year - that is almost as many kids on a ball field to play a game (7), children a day.  They estimate that 6 to 12 fatalities are recorded yearly due to this.  Just by placing ordinary household objects, such as keys, pins, or paperclips into the outlets 1/3^rd of the children parish.  They are a real danger but we over look them each and every day.  Even with new technologies a simple outlet cover can help if you don’t have the means for the TRR’s they produce today.

TRRs look just like ordinary outlets, but are designed with spring-loaded receptacle openings, or slots.  When equal pressure is applied to both sides, the receptacle cover plates open to make contact with the receptacle contact points. Without this simultaneous pressure, the cover plates remain closed, preventing insertion of foreign objects and protecting your children from painful, traumatic electrical injuries.  This runs about $2.00 more per outlet than a typical standard outlet.  If it was new construction it would be a total of $50.00 added to the cost of the home.