Howard Winter wrote:
> Timothy,
> 
> It still faintly astounds me that US mains sockets are completely unprotected - they're such an obvious place 
> for screwdrivers in little hands, that there must be a number of tragedies each year.  I realise that 110V is 
> less dangerous than 240, but it can still be fatal.  In a country that does so much to protect its children 
> (school busses, for example) this seems a curious omission.  Are shielded outlets even available as an option?

Generally, anyone with small kids buys lots of little plastic caps that 
plug into the outlets.  But, they're necessarily hard to remove, so you 
tend to put them where the kid's going to be most of the time and not 
where you're constantly plugging things in and out (e.g., a workbench).

How are they protected there?  I tried a quick Google but couldn't find 
the right incantation.
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Timothy J. Weber
http://timothyweber.org
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