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  • What's with the two holes in the middle, on both sides of the test & reset buttons? Foreign plug adapter? With no guards to prevent things being stuck inside?

    – Xen2050
    14 hours ago






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    @Xen2050 the two holes are indicators that show red when the GFCI is tripped.

    – Tom Carpenter
    10 hours ago






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    Bet you guys wish you lived in the UK now. :) We've had something like this since 1947, as part of British standardisation on electrical safety. We have an earth pin as standard on most electrical equipment, and on our sockets it's the earth pin which opens the tamper-resistant shutters. The earth pin is longer than the live/neutral pins, so the live/neutral pins never hit the shutters. Double-screened equipment which doesn't need an earth has a "dummy" plastic pin on the plug to open the shutters.

    – Graham
    3 hours ago






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    @Graham nothing takes out bare feet like a UK plug. You tread on a plug once ... and once only.

    – UKMonkey
    2 hours ago
















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  • What's with the two holes in the middle, on both sides of the test & reset buttons? Foreign plug adapter? With no guards to prevent things being stuck inside?

    – Xen2050
    14 hours ago






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    @Xen2050 the two holes are indicators that show red when the GFCI is tripped.

    – Tom Carpenter
    10 hours ago






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    Bet you guys wish you lived in the UK now. :) We've had something like this since 1947, as part of British standardisation on electrical safety. We have an earth pin as standard on most electrical equipment, and on our sockets it's the earth pin which opens the tamper-resistant shutters. The earth pin is longer than the live/neutral pins, so the live/neutral pins never hit the shutters. Double-screened equipment which doesn't need an earth has a "dummy" plastic pin on the plug to open the shutters.

    – Graham
    3 hours ago






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    @Graham nothing takes out bare feet like a UK plug. You tread on a plug once ... and once only.

    – UKMonkey
    2 hours ago














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  • What's with the two holes in the middle, on both sides of the test & reset buttons? Foreign plug adapter? With no guards to prevent things being stuck inside?

    – Xen2050
    14 hours ago






  • 1





    @Xen2050 the two holes are indicators that show red when the GFCI is tripped.

    – Tom Carpenter
    10 hours ago






  • 1





    Bet you guys wish you lived in the UK now. :) We've had something like this since 1947, as part of British standardisation on electrical safety. We have an earth pin as standard on most electrical equipment, and on our sockets it's the earth pin which opens the tamper-resistant shutters. The earth pin is longer than the live/neutral pins, so the live/neutral pins never hit the shutters. Double-screened equipment which doesn't need an earth has a "dummy" plastic pin on the plug to open the shutters.

    – Graham
    3 hours ago






  • 1





    @Graham nothing takes out bare feet like a UK plug. You tread on a plug once ... and once only.

    – UKMonkey
    2 hours ago



















  • What's with the two holes in the middle, on both sides of the test & reset buttons? Foreign plug adapter? With no guards to prevent things being stuck inside?

    – Xen2050
    14 hours ago






  • 1





    @Xen2050 the two holes are indicators that show red when the GFCI is tripped.

    – Tom Carpenter
    10 hours ago






  • 1





    Bet you guys wish you lived in the UK now. :) We've had something like this since 1947, as part of British standardisation on electrical safety. We have an earth pin as standard on most electrical equipment, and on our sockets it's the earth pin which opens the tamper-resistant shutters. The earth pin is longer than the live/neutral pins, so the live/neutral pins never hit the shutters. Double-screened equipment which doesn't need an earth has a "dummy" plastic pin on the plug to open the shutters.

    – Graham
    3 hours ago






  • 1





    @Graham nothing takes out bare feet like a UK plug. You tread on a plug once ... and once only.

    – UKMonkey
    2 hours ago

















What's with the two holes in the middle, on both sides of the test & reset buttons? Foreign plug adapter? With no guards to prevent things being stuck inside?

– Xen2050
14 hours ago





What's with the two holes in the middle, on both sides of the test & reset buttons? Foreign plug adapter? With no guards to prevent things being stuck inside?

– Xen2050
14 hours ago




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@Xen2050 the two holes are indicators that show red when the GFCI is tripped.

– Tom Carpenter
10 hours ago





@Xen2050 the two holes are indicators that show red when the GFCI is tripped.

– Tom Carpenter
10 hours ago




1




1





Bet you guys wish you lived in the UK now. :) We've had something like this since 1947, as part of British standardisation on electrical safety. We have an earth pin as standard on most electrical equipment, and on our sockets it's the earth pin which opens the tamper-resistant shutters. The earth pin is longer than the live/neutral pins, so the live/neutral pins never hit the shutters. Double-screened equipment which doesn't need an earth has a "dummy" plastic pin on the plug to open the shutters.

– Graham
3 hours ago





Bet you guys wish you lived in the UK now. :) We've had something like this since 1947, as part of British standardisation on electrical safety. We have an earth pin as standard on most electrical equipment, and on our sockets it's the earth pin which opens the tamper-resistant shutters. The earth pin is longer than the live/neutral pins, so the live/neutral pins never hit the shutters. Double-screened equipment which doesn't need an earth has a "dummy" plastic pin on the plug to open the shutters.

– Graham
3 hours ago




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@Graham nothing takes out bare feet like a UK plug. You tread on a plug once ... and once only.

– UKMonkey
2 hours ago





@Graham nothing takes out bare feet like a UK plug. You tread on a plug once ... and once only.

– UKMonkey
2 hours ago










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They are tamper resistant. The secret is to insert the plug squarely into the receptacle. The two little doors inside have to be pushed at the same time by the prongs of the plug.






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  • Right. My experience that extra force is not necessary or helpful. When you get the pressure on both doors, they open easily. Learning how to get the probes of my multi-tester through taught me how it works.

    – JimmyJames
    3 hours ago






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    I'll add that there appear to be different quality levels of these as well; I've been replacing builder TR outlets with the ones Home Depot calls "Best", and the more expensive (and I assume higher quality/better built) outlets are much more pleasant to use.

    – Kevin McKenzie
    32 mins ago











  • @KevinMcKenzie Indeed; replaced a bunch of receptacles in my old house with Cooper TR receptacles, and never had a problem plugging anything in. They were the $1 a pop ones from the big box stores. Quality varies quite a bit across manufacturers on these.

    – mmathis
    18 mins ago



















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Well, you are the owner of a newer type of tamper resistant outlet. It's great to have a safe home, but I have been asked to remove these, as in other newer code required devices that cause problems, but they are code now, so only the home owner can do this.



Try wiggling the plug back and forth to get these pieces of crap to open.



In my personal opinion if the circuit is GFCI protected these are absolute waste.






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  • Right. My experience that extra force is not necessary or helpful. When you get the pressure on both doors, they open easily. Learning how to get the probes of my multi-tester through taught me how it works.

    – JimmyJames
    3 hours ago






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    I'll add that there appear to be different quality levels of these as well; I've been replacing builder TR outlets with the ones Home Depot calls "Best", and the more expensive (and I assume higher quality/better built) outlets are much more pleasant to use.

    – Kevin McKenzie
    32 mins ago











  • @KevinMcKenzie Indeed; replaced a bunch of receptacles in my old house with Cooper TR receptacles, and never had a problem plugging anything in. They were the $1 a pop ones from the big box stores. Quality varies quite a bit across manufacturers on these.

    – mmathis
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They are tamper resistant. The secret is to insert the plug squarely into the receptacle. The two little doors inside have to be pushed at the same time by the prongs of the plug.






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  • Right. My experience that extra force is not necessary or helpful. When you get the pressure on both doors, they open easily. Learning how to get the probes of my multi-tester through taught me how it works.

    – JimmyJames
    3 hours ago






  • 1





    I'll add that there appear to be different quality levels of these as well; I've been replacing builder TR outlets with the ones Home Depot calls "Best", and the more expensive (and I assume higher quality/better built) outlets are much more pleasant to use.

    – Kevin McKenzie
    32 mins ago











  • @KevinMcKenzie Indeed; replaced a bunch of receptacles in my old house with Cooper TR receptacles, and never had a problem plugging anything in. They were the $1 a pop ones from the big box stores. Quality varies quite a bit across manufacturers on these.

    – mmathis
    18 mins ago














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  • Right. My experience that extra force is not necessary or helpful. When you get the pressure on both doors, they open easily. Learning how to get the probes of my multi-tester through taught me how it works.

    – JimmyJames
    3 hours ago






  • 1





    I'll add that there appear to be different quality levels of these as well; I've been replacing builder TR outlets with the ones Home Depot calls "Best", and the more expensive (and I assume higher quality/better built) outlets are much more pleasant to use.

    – Kevin McKenzie
    32 mins ago











  • @KevinMcKenzie Indeed; replaced a bunch of receptacles in my old house with Cooper TR receptacles, and never had a problem plugging anything in. They were the $1 a pop ones from the big box stores. Quality varies quite a bit across manufacturers on these.

    – mmathis
    18 mins ago



















  • Right. My experience that extra force is not necessary or helpful. When you get the pressure on both doors, they open easily. Learning how to get the probes of my multi-tester through taught me how it works.

    – JimmyJames
    3 hours ago






  • 1





    I'll add that there appear to be different quality levels of these as well; I've been replacing builder TR outlets with the ones Home Depot calls "Best", and the more expensive (and I assume higher quality/better built) outlets are much more pleasant to use.

    – Kevin McKenzie
    32 mins ago











  • @KevinMcKenzie Indeed; replaced a bunch of receptacles in my old house with Cooper TR receptacles, and never had a problem plugging anything in. They were the $1 a pop ones from the big box stores. Quality varies quite a bit across manufacturers on these.

    – mmathis
    18 mins ago

















Right. My experience that extra force is not necessary or helpful. When you get the pressure on both doors, they open easily. Learning how to get the probes of my multi-tester through taught me how it works.

– JimmyJames
3 hours ago





Right. My experience that extra force is not necessary or helpful. When you get the pressure on both doors, they open easily. Learning how to get the probes of my multi-tester through taught me how it works.

– JimmyJames
3 hours ago




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I'll add that there appear to be different quality levels of these as well; I've been replacing builder TR outlets with the ones Home Depot calls "Best", and the more expensive (and I assume higher quality/better built) outlets are much more pleasant to use.

– Kevin McKenzie
32 mins ago





I'll add that there appear to be different quality levels of these as well; I've been replacing builder TR outlets with the ones Home Depot calls "Best", and the more expensive (and I assume higher quality/better built) outlets are much more pleasant to use.

– Kevin McKenzie
32 mins ago













@KevinMcKenzie Indeed; replaced a bunch of receptacles in my old house with Cooper TR receptacles, and never had a problem plugging anything in. They were the $1 a pop ones from the big box stores. Quality varies quite a bit across manufacturers on these.

– mmathis
18 mins ago





@KevinMcKenzie Indeed; replaced a bunch of receptacles in my old house with Cooper TR receptacles, and never had a problem plugging anything in. They were the $1 a pop ones from the big box stores. Quality varies quite a bit across manufacturers on these.

– mmathis
18 mins ago













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Well, you are the owner of a newer type of tamper resistant outlet. It's great to have a safe home, but I have been asked to remove these, as in other newer code required devices that cause problems, but they are code now, so only the home owner can do this.



Try wiggling the plug back and forth to get these pieces of crap to open.



In my personal opinion if the circuit is GFCI protected these are absolute waste.






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Well, you are the owner of a newer type of tamper resistant outlet. It's great to have a safe home, but I have been asked to remove these, as in other newer code required devices that cause problems, but they are code now, so only the home owner can do this.



Try wiggling the plug back and forth to get these pieces of crap to open.



In my personal opinion if the circuit is GFCI protected these are absolute waste.






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Well, you are the owner of a newer type of tamper resistant outlet. It's great to have a safe home, but I have been asked to remove these, as in other newer code required devices that cause problems, but they are code now, so only the home owner can do this.



Try wiggling the plug back and forth to get these pieces of crap to open.



In my personal opinion if the circuit is GFCI protected these are absolute waste.






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Well, you are the owner of a newer type of tamper resistant outlet. It's great to have a safe home, but I have been asked to remove these, as in other newer code required devices that cause problems, but they are code now, so only the home owner can do this.



Try wiggling the plug back and forth to get these pieces of crap to open.



In my personal opinion if the circuit is GFCI protected these are absolute waste.







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